On Fri, Jul 16 at 10:28PM +0800, Duggan wrote: > Rus Foster wrote: > > >On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Duggan wrote: > >>I know that this is a really n00bish question, but I have to > >>ask. What is the command that limits output from a command > >>to just a page at a time, like the /p command in DOS? > > > >Try > > > >cmd | less > > > >Rgds > > > >rus > > > > > I tried both Thomas's and your suggestions and neither has > worked. Just to clarify I am trying to use the dumpkeys > command and the output from it doesn't fit in one screen. I > am not working in an X environment so there are no scroll bars > so I'm trying to figure out how I can see the output page by > page.
shift-pageup! no scroll bars needed. :) whether you're in an xterm (or rxvt or konsole or gnome-term) within the X window display system or at the text-only console, you can try SHIFT-PAGEUP and SHIFT-PAGEDOWN to scroll around your session's display history. you can usually select (with your mouse pointer) any text that you see there -- right-click either gives you options or extends your selection; middle-click usually pastes whatever you've got selected (as if you'd re-typed it all frmo your own keyboard, and in a hurry :). -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown (5 matched scroll) DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #6 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : How do you keep text from SCROLLING BY TOO DAMN FAST? :) Before pressing the ENTER key of a command that you know will generate a lot of output, "pipe" it through your pager: ls -lR | pager locate tgz | pager grep -r pattern /home | pager You can also try <SHIFT>-<PAGE-UP> to scroll back. This works both at the console and in rxvt/xterm windows. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]