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Created September 8, 2018 02:29
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use 'less' or 'cat' based on number of lines and how big is the terminal
function cat() {
if [ -f $1 ]; then
terminal_height=$(tput lines)
file_lines=$(wc -l < $1 | awk '{print $1}')
if (( $file_lines > $terminal_height )); then
less $1
else
/bin/cat $1
fi
else
echo "File: '$1' not found"
fi
}
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