Display result one page at a time

nickaren · #1 (**permalink**) 09-05-2003

hi

how can i display the result on the screen one page at a time?

say i search for .txt files and return the result on the screen one page at a time.

nelamvr6 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-06-2003

Try piping to more.

Example:

ls -l | more

will give the results of an ls -l comand one screen at a time.

cbkihong · #3 (**permalink**) 09-06-2003

or use "less" instead of "more", which is a bit more versatile (you can move up and move down).

nelamvr6 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-06-2003

Additionally you can use "less" and "more" without a pipe.

Say for example that you wanted to read a large text file called "bigfile", you could either enter "more bigfile" or "less bigfile" (without the quotes of course).

nickaren · #5 (**permalink**) 09-10-2003

how about displaying each file name on the screen one page at a time?

like i type ls, and i have 3 files, how does it display 1.txt, and i press enter or space or whatever, then displays 2.txt, then i press another key, and display 3.txt ?

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