[solved] Where did I set that most displays my man pages?

Detlef Lechner Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net
Wed Oct 28 13:05:45 UTC 2009


Nils Kassube wrote:
> Detlef Lechner wrote:
>> Where did I set in Ubuntu 8.04.3 that the pager "most" will display
>> my man pages?
>> I forgot in what file I added a line of text with the string "most".
>> I run '~$ rgrep 'PAGER=' /home/detlef/ 2>/dev/null' but could not
>> find 'most' in the output.
> 
> Maybe you should search for the term "most" instead. 

'~$ rgrep 'most' /home/detlef/ 2>/dev/null' produces a lot of rubbish.

> You might have an alias like this:
> 
> alias man='man -P most'

No, I don't.

> Or perhaps you are looking in the wrong location - it might be set 
> somewhere in "/etc".

Yes, this idea ultimately would have let me to an answer. But I tried
James' suggestions first and was successful.  --  Thank you.

Detlef




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