"more" equivalent in cygwin?

Steven Buroff sburoff@optonline.net
Sat Dec 23 19:34:00 GMT 2006


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Igor Peshansky
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: Steven Buroff
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: "more" equivalent in cygwin?
> 
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Steven Buroff wrote:
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-owner@XXXXXX.XXX
> > > [mailto:cygwin-owner@XXXXXX.XXX] On Behalf Of Igor Peshansky
> > > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:08 PM
> > > To: Steven Buroff
> > > Cc: cygwin@XXXXXX.XXX
> 
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
> 
> > > Subject: Re: "more" equivalent in cygwin?
> > >
> > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Steven Buroff wrote:
> > >
> > > > Apparently there is no "more" command in cygwin. Is 
> there some other
> > > > command that does the same job? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Yes.  That would be the "more" command from the 
> "util-linux" package,
> > > as shown by
> > > <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=bin%2Fmore%5Cb>.
> >
> > I loaded cygwin using setup.exe and I don't see more or even
> > the util-linux package. I'm very much a cybwin newbie. Are there
> > some packages that can't be installed using setup.exe? If so, how
> > do I get and install it. The web page just lists its contents.
> 
> The "util-linux" package is in the "System" category.  
> Alternatively, you
> can click on the "View" button in the top-right part of the 
> window until
> it shows "Full" which will give you an alphabetized list of 
> all packages
> (or "Not Installed", which will show you only the packages you haven't
> installed).
> 	Igor

Found it. Thanks. I was looking for util-linux as a category, not a
package. I think I get it now. 

Steve

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