is it there any way to scroll up and view the contents of text mode?I was trying to view all the files listed as part of my directory
I can scrollup and view the output of text mode,any way to scroll up and view the output?
asked Nov 20, 2015 at 7:06
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Have you tried the Page Up button?– LeatheNov 20, 2015 at 7:17
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What terminal program are you using?– fixer1234Nov 20, 2015 at 7:19
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@fixer1234 i m on kali terminal ,its debian based– BlueBerry - Vignesh4303Nov 20, 2015 at 7:22
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Some terminals are more robust than others. Konsole has a built-in scroll bar (it may be part of the KDE suite). Check what terminal programs are available and see if one of the alternatives has a scroll bar.– fixer1234Nov 20, 2015 at 7:34
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From Konsole (Kde) and the console I can scroll up and down with shift pgup and shift pgdown.– HasturNov 20, 2015 at 9:48
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What I've always done is pipe it with the less command. For example ls | less. Once you do this you can go backwards a single line by pressing the Y key, or backwards N lines by pressing U. And of course you can advance forward a single line by pressing Enter, or Space to advance multiple lines.
For more info on less check out man less.
Many terminals, whether the bare console or in a window manager, will let you scroll vertically with Shift-PgUp and Shift-PgDn.
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Does this work in the boot and shutdown kernel log? (Rather than, presumably, the tty you refer to) Oct 29, 2023 at 23:27
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This worked by default. But it was removed in Kernel 5.8 or newer. lore.kernel.org/stable/…– clstJan 26 at 1:40