* Ben Stringer <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx> [24-Jan-2004 00:56]: > > I'm afraid I fail to see how any of this is easier than scrolling up > > once in the buffer, and adding a "| grep whatever". > > I'm presuming because the resource and time cost of running the original > command is not something you want to repeat. > > Eg. if the find ran over 2TB of disk and took 15 minutes to complete. > > Or the output is time-volatile. [root@gorilla tmp]# cd /home [root@gorilla home]# time find >/dev/null real 1m28.762s user 0m0.130s sys 0m0.670s [root@gorilla home]# time find >/dev/null real 0m48.801s user 0m0.110s sys 0m0.330s Now, if I will copy-paste the output of find here (instead of /dev/null), it will take you more then 48 seconds to scroll through it. :) -- Leonid Mamtchenkov. http://www.leonid.maks.net BOFH: Hard drive sleeping. Let it wake up on it's own...
