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[mesman00]

after entereing a command in the bash prompt (such as ls 'directory here') it lists a whole bunch of stuff. therefore, i can't see the first few things it lists because it goes off the screen. so my question is, is there a way to scroll up and look at the first entries? (note that i am not in X)

 

[Hacktarux]

yea, use maj+(page up/page down)
very usefull but there's also other possibilities:
-use * (ls A*)
-use ls | less (the best one imo)
-use mc

or any other thing i am not currently thinking about

 

[Slougi]

You can scroll using shift+page up/down.
You can also pipe the output into a file: "ls > file". This will create a file called text with the output of ls. You could also pipe the output through less or more: "ls | less" or "ls | more". This lets you scroll easily. In linux there is always more than one way to do something

 

[mesman00]

yea, use maj+(page up/page down)
very usefull but there's also other possibilities:
-use * (ls A*)
-use ls | less (the best one imo)
-use mc

or any other thing i am not currently thinking about

whats maj? is that a command?

 

[Hacktarux]

oops sorry, i meant the shift key

 

[mesman00]

ooh, that makes more sense , thanks once again guys