less 394 or 418 ?

[Eric Tiffany]

On 12/31/08 10:23 PM, "Mark Hattam" <mark at dxradio.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> On 1 Jan 2009, at 03:04, Mark Hattam wrote:
> 
>> I did a
>> sudo port install less
>> 
>> and it installed @418. Yet, although it's in /opt/local/bin, when I
>> type a
>> less -V
>> it reveals itself as the version supplied by Apple, that sits in /
>> usr/bin.
 
> but why the need to quit/re-run (or quite possibly just open a new
> window/shell)?
> 
> 

Perhaps the Apple version was in the shell's cache.  There used to be a a
"rehash" function in the shell, but now it is "hash -d".

I have these aliases defined:

alias more='less'
alias rehash='hash -d'

And doing 'hash -d' might have fixed your shell without having to
kill/restart.

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