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Benjamin Bryan
Asked: 2011-12-10 16:12:32 +0800 CST

Less or more command on Solaris for paginating output

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When I type "ifconfig | more" or "ifconfig | less" the output isn't paginated on Solaris (I'm used to Linux and FreeBSD). Is there a way to do this on Solaris 11?

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2 Answers

  1. The reason is, unlike Linux, ifconfig without options isn't a valid command under Solaris. The equivalent command would be ifconfig -a. If you run it without options, ifconfig displays a help message on its standard error stream.

    To have it paginated, simply use:

    ifconfig 2>&1 | less

    By the way, ifconfig is somewhat obsolete under Solaris 11. I would recommended to use the more powerful ipadm instead.

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  2. You may need to properly configure your terminal type, specially if SSHing from a linux box:

    export TERM=vt100

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