From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta04bw.bigpond.com ([139.134.6.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16qjf6-00084I-00 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:50:33 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.24.84]) by mta04bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GTPJJF00.IYZ for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:50:03 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by bwmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0i 47/1316582); 29 Mar 2002 09:50:03 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16qjeX-0007mt-00; Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:49:57 +1000 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:49:55 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: scroll back? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > uOn Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > > To make a command show usage and page the result do this: > > ls --help 2>&1|less > > the 2>&1 redirects standard error to standard output so you can page the result > > through a pager. > > Hmm, have never needed the 2>&1, don't know what I'll be missing then. > *grin* Some programs send their help text to standard error, rather than standard output. I personally think that people who do this should have their head read. At any rate, the 2>&1 is needed for these programs to send standard error to standard output. Geoff.