Linux: bash shell; how do you scroll?
bash shell; how do you scroll?
by Buonarotti - 9/30/06 6:08 PMFor example; using the ls command in the bin file produces a large amound of text which quickly flows onto the screen leaving visible only the bottom segment of it. So how do you 'scroll' upwards to see the top part?
Pipe it through more or...
by R. Proffitt
- 9/30/06 6:11 PM
In reply to: bash shell; how do you scroll? by Buonarotti
To a text file then edit it.
Bob
thanks bob
by Buonarotti - 9/30/06 7:03 PM In reply to: Pipe it through more or... by R. Proffitt
Both solutions work well.
suprises me that there isn't a straightforward way of scrolling with the arrows-ok, with my experience so far with bash, it doesn't suprise me at all!
cheers
Rich.
ta bob
by Buonarotti - 9/30/06 7:04 PM In reply to: Pipe it through more or... by R. Proffitt
Both solutions work well.
suprises me that there isn't a straightforward way of scrolling with the arrows-ok, with my experience so far with bash, it doesn't suprise me at all!
cheers
Rich.
Try another terminal (depends on distro)
by R. Proffitt - 9/30/06 7:10 PM
In reply to: ta bob by Buonarotti
Here I can run konsole and it has scroll bars. But this is dependant on your distro. I'm not a historian of or know all distros so my answer is more of the "classic" style that works everywhere.
Bob
Pipe it through less
by 3rdalbum - 9/30/06 8:56 PM In reply to: Try another terminal (depends on distro) by R. Proffitt
Usually, less is more; but in the Linux world, less is better than more. Confused yet? 
Piping through Less will allow you to use the up arrow as well as the down arrow.
ls | less
...actually it is possible
by esperanto_ - 3/20/07 4:43 AM In reply to: Pipe it through less by 3rdalbumshift + page up / page down...and im a linux noob! lol
Depends on the shell.
by R. Proffitt - 3/20/07 5:56 AM
In reply to: ...actually it is possible by esperanto_
You didn't tell and this discussion noted 2 shells so far.
Bob
seeing contents of /bin
by clsgis - 3/22/07 4:34 PM In reply to: Pipe it through less by 3rdalbumYou're using GNU's ls(1) command. When it sees its output is not a terminal (it's a pipe or file) its output is one filename per line. Probably not what you want. To force the tabular output format, give the -C (colunms) option on the command line. ls -C /bin | less
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