[SOLVED] Scrolling in Linux and saving stdout

ethereal1m · 03-28-2010, 05:56 AM

Dear all,
sometimes I need to backtrack the previous stdout of some program. Unfortunately my Linux command line doesn't have a scroll button, therefore I cannot look back.

Does Linux keep past stdouts? If yes, how can I access those? Is there any easier way to look back the previous stdout?

regards,
ethereal1m

syg00 · 03-28-2010, 06:07 AM

Try <shift>-<PgUp>
You can also redirect the stdout to a file, and/or use tee - see "man tee".

ethereal1m · 03-28-2010, 06:14 AM

"shift page up" is very cool. Is there anyway to configure its buffer size? thanks

devnull10 · 03-28-2010, 07:17 AM

Use either tee or more/less.

ethereal1m · 03-28-2010, 08:17 AM

ok, thanks