Re: less not found

From: Jason Earl <jason(dot)earl(at)simplot(dot)com>
To: "Juliet May" <jmay(at)speark(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: less not found
Date: 2002-04-11 23:56:08
Message-ID: 873cy13i3r.fsf@npa01zz001.simplot.com
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"Juliet May" <jmay(at)speark(dot)com> writes:

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> Does anyone know what the message less: not found mean? I get it when I try
> running a simple simple select on my table

less is a pager (a special program for displaying pages of text), and
as such it is a very common replacement for 'more.' Yes, UNIX hackers
are all crazy.

psql uses a less as a pager if it is installed. Apparently psql
thinks that less is installed but it isn't.

From the psql man page it would appear that your $PAGER variable is
getting set. Try 'echo $PAGER' and see what it says. Or better yet
just install less, it's quite a bit better than more, and very useful.

Jason

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