Pause shell output

huwnet · 04-01-2006, 08:29 AM

If I run a command on the shell that has a lot of output (e.g. emerge --search gnome) is there anyway to pause the output rather than having the first bit just go off the screen?

slackie1000 · 04-01-2006, 08:43 AM

hi there,
maybe something like...

Code:

emerge --search whatever | less

regards,
slackie1000

huwnet · 04-01-2006, 08:58 AM

Thanks thats exactly what I was looking for

nx5000 · 04-01-2006, 09:18 AM

Or you use konsole (from kde) and press pause, which is derived from BSD