viewing contents of tar/tar.gz/tgz files

John dingo at coco2.arach.net.au
Mon Oct 18 12:08:24 UTC 2004


volvoguy wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:05:59 +0800, John <dingo at coco2.arach.net.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>This is clearer:
>>eval $(lesspipe)
> 
> 
> I didn't really notice any difference in the output, but that indeed
> accomplishes the same task. Thanks!
> 

Umm.
Clear as in code that's easier to read. There are no backticks to 
misread, and it's even moderately simple to nest the $() construct.





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