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Date:	Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:20:53 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: MORE filter with line count specification ?

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> Use -z 15 to set your window.

Doesn't work here. The command

less -z 15

still displays a full window (more than 15 lines) of text. So do

less -z 15 test.txt
less -z15 less -z15 test.txt

The less --help screen says "Commands marked with * may be preceded by a
number, N" but apparently that's wrong because specifying -15z gives an
error saying the number should be after the z.

I also tried -y15 ("maximum forward scroll") but that doesn't work
either (it scrolls a full screen of lines just like -z15).

What am I doing wrong? All I want to do is scroll 15 lines at a time
onto the screen. I don't see any other options in --help that might do
this.

- Peter

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