Does terminal mode have equivalent DOS feature?

Tim Alberts talberts at msiscales.com
Thu Mar 9 22:34:04 UTC 2006


Ian Malone wrote ..
> Tim Alberts wrote:
> > If I'm running in run level 3 (terminal) and I issue a command, most
> > of the time, the information I want is scrolled right off the screen.
> > I remember from back in my MSDOS days that you could append to a
> > command the '|more' and it will print information to the screen 'one
> > page at a time' (kinda). Therefore, you can read all that is printed.
> > Is there an equivalent in Linux when running terminal in run level 3?
> > 
> > 
> 
> Have you tried doing it?
> 
> How about less as well?
> 
> Linux/Unix is a bit cleverer than DOS though, programs have two standard
> output streams, one for output and one for errors, so you may want to
> have a look at 'info bash' or 'man bash': basic shell features:
> redirections.
> 


WOW! That works great!  I guess I should have tried it.  Thanks everyone.



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