Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls?

[Garrett Cooper]

a at zeos.net wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 12:45:35PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
>   
>> In the last episode (Dec 19), a at zeos.net said:
>>     
>>> Is there UNIX analog of ftp command pls, i. e. ls | less ?
>>>       
>> Yes, "ls | less" is the way to do it.  You can add a shell alias to
>> make it easier to type:
>>
>>   alias pls="ls -l | less"
>>
>> That's for bourne-style shells (sh,bash,zsh).  for csh, you would use
>>
>>   alias pls "ls | less"
>>
>> Another way to do it would be to write a script named pls and put it in
>> your path:
>>
>>   #! /bin/sh
>>   ls "$@" | less
>>
>> -- 
>> 	Dan Nelson
>> 	dnelson at allantgroup.com
>>     
>
> Thank you for response, but I know how to write aliases and bash scripts.
> I just thought, I don't know the standard way.
>
> Apropos,
>   alias pls="ls -l | less"
> is not a proper way, because of the command
>
> pls directory
>
> will give
>
> ls -l | less directory
>
> which is not what one want.
Put tildes (`) around the command alias maybe, or make the pls into a 
script?
-Garrett