When I type "ifconfig | more" or "ifconfig | less" the output isn't paginated on Solaris (I'm used to Linux and FreeBSD). Is there a way to do this on Solaris 11?
Less or more command on Solaris for paginating output
command-line-interfacesolarissolaris-11
Related Solutions
This is likely to work:
perl -mNet::Domain -e 'print Net::Domain::hostfqdn(), "\n"'
but it's not guaranteed. You can view the module source:
perldoc -m Net::Domain
to see how it works (if you know Perl well enough).
Best Answer
The reason is, unlike Linux,
ifconfigwithout options isn't a valid command under Solaris. The equivalent command would beifconfig -a. If you run it without options,ifconfigdisplays a help message on its standard error stream.To have it paginated, simply use:
By the way,
ifconfigis somewhat obsolete under Solaris 11. I would recommended to use the more powerful ipadm instead.