On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 09:43 -0500, Eben King wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Sick Twist wrote:
>
> > >From: Bob Stia <rnr@sanctum.com>
> > >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> > >To: slug@nks.net
> > >Subject: [SLUG] Konsole stuff
> > >Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:12:09 -0500
> > >
> > >Also, when I run a command that prints many screens of info you cannot
> > >get back to the early info and/or input command. Yes, you can scroll
> > >back but it only goes so far, leaving the earlier info hidden.
> >
> > If a command creates several screens of output, you can pipe the output to
> > less by appending "| less" to the end of the command. Here are two examples:
> >
> > lspci -v | less
> > ls -ld ~/* | less
>
> Or use the scroll wheel (or whatever) on the mouse when in X, or
> shift-pageUp/pageDown when not. Then ls's output will be in color (by
> default it's not when writing to a pipe).
>
Another fun fact that I learned along the way that nobody told me about
is that while in "less" or "man" (which on my machine uses less as the
pager) you can use a "/" with a search word after it and it will
highlight all the instances of that search word. the letter "n" brings
you to the next instance.
try:
man ls
type "/file" (without the quotes) and then press return. Then press the
letter "n" a few times. Comes in handy when you cant remember what the
argument is for something but you know the word of what you're trying to
do.
Enjoy!
Mike Branda Jr.
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