On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 02:34:04PM -0800, Tim Alberts wrote: > Ian Malone wrote .. > > Tim Alberts wrote: > > > If I'm running in run level 3 (terminal) and I issue a command, most > > > of the time, the information I want is scrolled right off the screen. > > > I remember from back in my MSDOS days that you could append to a > > > command the '|more' and it will print information to the screen 'one > > > page at a time' (kinda). Therefore, you can read all that is printed. > > > Is there an equivalent in Linux when running terminal in run level 3? > > > > > > > > > > Have you tried doing it? > > > > How about less as well? > > > > Linux/Unix is a bit cleverer than DOS though, programs have two standard > > output streams, one for output and one for errors, so you may want to > > have a look at 'info bash' or 'man bash': basic shell features: > > redirections. > > > > > WOW! That works great! I guess I should have tried it. Thanks everyone. The Linux Documentation Project has a HOWTO that maps Mess-DOS commands to Unix/Linux commands you may find useful. It covers this sort of thing. You might also google up a book called RUTE. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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