Does terminal mode have equivalent DOS feature?

[Charles Curley]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 02:34:04PM -0800, Tim Alberts wrote:
> 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.

The Linux Documentation Project has a HOWTO that maps Mess-DOS
commands to Unix/Linux commands you may find useful. It covers this
sort of thing. You might also google up a book called RUTE.

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