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Old 01-09-2005, 09:55 PM   #1
Niceman2005
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how to view a very very long list of results


Dear all,

Sometimes when I do command "ls" for a directory that contains many files, the terminal cannot show me everything in one page, I am not sure how to explain this but see below:

when I typed

# ls

it came out with : ( apparently those files started with a-f weren't shown, how to I view those before gnome-network-preferences?_
gnome-network-preferences qt20fix
gnome-open qt20fix3
gnome-panel qtconfig
gnome-panel-preferences qtconfig3
gnome-panel-screenshot qtdoc
gnome-pilot-make-password qtrename140
gnome-print-manager qtrename1403
gnome-search-tool quota
gnome_segv r++
gnome-session ranlib
gnome-session-properties ras2tiff
gnome-session-remove rasttopnm
gnome-session-save raw
gnome-smproxy rawtopgm
gnome-sound-properties rawtoppm
gnome-sound-recorder rb
gnome-system-monitor rcp
gnome-terminal rcs
gnome-text-editor rcs2log
gnome-theme-manager rcs-checkin
gnome-theme-thumbnailer rcsclean
gnome-thumbnail-font rcsdiff
gnome-typing-monitor rcsmerge
gnome-ui-properties rdate
gnomevfs-cat rdist
gnome-vfs-config rdistd
gnomevfs-copy rdjpgcom
gnomevfs-info readcd
gnomevfs-ls readelf
gnomevfs-mkdir read-expenses
gnome-volume-control read-ical
gnome-window-properties readlink
gnome-wm read-notepad
gnroff read-palmpix
goad-browser read-todos
gobject-query reboot
gok rec
go-rhn.sh recompile
gouldtoppm recompile-1.2
gpasswd recountdiff
gpdf redhat-update-gnome-font-install
gpg rediff
gpgsplit refer
gpgv reminders
gphoto2 rename
gpic renice
gpilotd-control-applet reset
gpilotd-session-wrapper resetall
gpilot-install-file resize
gpm-root resizecons
gprof reslisa
grefer rev
grep-changelog rexec
grepdiff rgb2ycbcr
grepjar rgb3toppm
grepjar34 rhgb
grn rhgb-client
grodvi rhn-applet-gui
groff rhn-applet-tui
groffer rhn_register
grolbp rletopnm
grolj4 rlog
grops rlogin
grotty rmail
groups rmail.sendmail
gs rmdtovbox
gsbj rmic
gsdj rmic34
gsdj500 rmiregistry
gsftopk rmiregistry34
gshell rpcclient
gslj rpcgen
gslp rpm2cpio
gsnd rpmbuild
gsoelim rpmdb
gst-complete-0.8 rpmgraph
gst-compprep-0.8 rpmquery
gst-feedback-0.8 rpmsign
gst-inspect-0.8 rpmverify
gst-launch-0.8 rsh
gst-launch-ext-0.8 rssclient
gst-md5sum-0.8 rssservice
gstreamer-properties rsvg
gst-register-0.8 rsync
gst-thumbnail rubibtex
gst-typefind-0.8 rumakeindex
gst-visualise-0.8 runcon
gst-xmlinspect-0.8 run-parts
gst-xmllaunch-0.8 runscript
gswitchit-plugins-capplet run-with-aspell
gsx rvim
gtbl rx
gthumb rz
gtk-config s2p
gtk-demo sample-container
gtkdoc-fixxref sample-control-container
gtkdocize sane-config
gtkdoc-mkdb sane-find-scanner
gtkdoc-mkhtml sasl2-sample-client
gtkdoc-mkman sasl2-sample-server
gtkdoc-mktmpl sasl-sample-client
gtkdoc-scan sasl-sample-server
gtkdoc-scangobj sb
gtkdoc-scanobj sbigtopgm
gtk-query-immodules-2.0 scanimage
gtroff scp
gucharmap screen
gunzip screensaver-properties-capplet
gzexe script
gzip scrollkeeper-config
h2ph scrollkeeper-extract
h2xs scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid
halt scrollkeeper-get-cl
hdifftopam scrollkeeper-get-content-list
head scrollkeeper-get-extended-content-list
HEAD scrollkeeper-get-index-from-docpath
hesinfo scrollkeeper-get-toc-from-docpath
hexdump scrollkeeper-get-toc-from-id
hinotes scrollkeeper-install
hipstopgm scrollkeeper-preinstall
hltest scrollkeeper-rebuilddb
host scrollkeeper-uninstall
hostid scrollkeeper-update
hoststat scsi_unique_id
hpcdtoppm sdiff
hpftodit sdl-config
hpijs selinuxdisable
htdbm selinuxenabled
htdigest sendiso
htmlview sensors
htpasswd seq
httx serviceconf
htt_xbe setarch
hugelatex setenforce
hwbrowser setfacl
i386 setfattr
i386-redhat-linux-c++ setfdprm
i386-redhat-linux-g++ setfilecon
i386-redhat-linux-gcc setkeycodes
i386-redhat-linux-gcc34 setleds
ical2vcal setmetamode
icontopbm setsid
iconv setterm
id setup
ident sfconvert
iecset sfinfo
ifnames sftp
ijsgimpprint sg
ilbmtoppm sgitopnm
imagetops sgml2xml
imgtoppm sgmldiff
imlib-config sgmlnorm
im-switch sgmlspl
includemocs sgmlwhich
includeres sha1sum
indent show_bools
indxbib showchar
info showconsolefont
infocmp showimage
infokey showkey
infotocap shred
inimf sip
inimpost sirtopnm
iniomega size
iniptex skill
initex slabtop
install sldtoppm
install-catalog sliceprint
install-datebook slocate
install-expenses slogin
install-hinote slrn
install-memo smbcacls
install-netsync smbclient
install-todo smbcontrol
install-todos smbcquotas
install-user smbmnt
instmodsh smbmount
interdiff smbpasswd
internet-druid smbprint
intltool-extract smbspool
intltoolize smbstatus
intltool-merge smbtar
intltool-prepare smbtree
intltool-update smbumount
ior-decode-2 snice
ipcrm soelim
ipcs sox
irdadump soxmix
irkbd soxplay
irkick spam
irpsion5 spax
isdnbill spctoppm
isdnconf speexdec
isdnrate speexenc
isdnrep spell
isodebug spent
isodump splain
isoinfo splint
isosize split
isovfy split2po
ispell splitdiff
jade spottopgm
jadetex sprof
jar sputoppm
jar34 squidguard
jbibtex squidGuard
jbigtopnm ssh
jcf-dump ssh-add
jcf-dump34 ssh-agent
join ssh-keygen
jpegtopnm ssh-keyscan
jpegtran sslswamp
jv-convert star
jv-convert34 stardict
jv-scan startkde
jv-scan34 stat
jw states
jwhois statserial
kab2kabc strace
kabc2mutt strings
kaccess strip
kaddprinterwizard sudo
kaddressbook sum
kalarm swappo
kalarmd swig
kandy switchdesk
kandy_client switchdesk-helper
kapptemplate sx
karm symlinks
kate syslinux


( apparently those files started with a-f weren't shown, how to I view those before gnome-network-preferences?)

My explanation is quite crap, I don't know how to explain it....its just when the result is too many, the terminal cannot show everything in one screen, but how do I move up to see the results that are not on the screen.....

Hope someone can udnerstand my crappy explanation...
 
Old 01-09-2005, 09:59 PM   #2
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try
Code:
ls | less
 
Old 01-09-2005, 10:00 PM   #3
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Try running 'ls | less'
 
Old 01-09-2005, 10:01 PM   #4
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another trick is to route the output into a file then view the file
ina editor. I.e.,

ls > lsoutput.txt
vi lsoutput.txt

Sheng-Chieh
 
Old 01-09-2005, 11:18 PM   #5
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Thanks everyone!!
 
  


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