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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 21110" data-attributes="member: 114">You should be able to page through using the spacebar, works like that on other nixes anyhow.Most man pages are also now available as HTML versions and there are plenty of Linux help sites on the web.For compatibility with PCs gzip is probably best although for personal use I prefer lzop.The first port of call for any unix utilities is to try the command first with a -h or even --help switch, that will at least give the available switches and expected parameters.for example (and this is built in on OSX):gzip -hgzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)usage: gzip [-cdfhlLnNrtvV19] [-S suffix] [file ...]&nbsp;-c --stdout&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; write on standard output, keep original files unchanged&nbsp;-d --decompress&nbsp; decompress&nbsp;-f --force&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; force overwrite of output file and compress links&nbsp;-h --help&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; give this help&nbsp;-l --list&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; list compressed file contents&nbsp;-L --license&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; display software license&nbsp;-n --no-name&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; do not save or restore the original name and time stamp&nbsp;-N --name&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; save or restore the original name and time stamp&nbsp;-q --quiet&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; suppress all warnings&nbsp;-r --recursive&nbsp;&nbsp; operate recursively on directories&nbsp;-S .suf&nbsp; --suffix .suf&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; use suffix .suf on compressed files&nbsp;-t --test&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; test compressed file integrity&nbsp;-v --verbose&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; verbose mode&nbsp;-V --version&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; display version number&nbsp;-1 --fast&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; compress faster&nbsp;-9 --best&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; compress better&nbsp;file...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; files to (de)compress. If none given, use standard input.Amen-Moses</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 21110, member: 114"] You should be able to page through using the spacebar, works like that on other nixes anyhow. Most man pages are also now available as HTML versions and there are plenty of Linux help sites on the web. For compatibility with PCs gzip is probably best although for personal use I prefer lzop. The first port of call for any unix utilities is to try the command first with a -h or even --help switch, that will at least give the available switches and expected parameters. for example (and this is built in on OSX): gzip -h gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93) usage: gzip [-cdfhlLnNrtvV19] [-S suffix] [file ...] -c --stdout write on standard output, keep original files unchanged -d --decompress decompress -f --force force overwrite of output file and compress links -h --help give this help -l --list list compressed file contents -L --license display software license -n --no-name do not save or restore the original name and time stamp -N --name save or restore the original name and time stamp -q --quiet suppress all warnings -r --recursive operate recursively on directories -S .suf --suffix .suf use suffix .suf on compressed files -t --test test compressed file integrity -v --verbose verbose mode -V --version display version number -1 --fast compress faster -9 --best compress better file... files to (de)compress. If none given, use standard input. Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]

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