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Re: How can I control the display output (number of lines)



On Sunday 26 January 2003 11:21, Roland Wegmann wrote:
> How can I control number of lines per 'page'? For example when I use the
> command 'aptitude search gnome' the output is a huge list, that 'runs
> over' my 'bash window' and I can only read the last search results.
>
> Which tool do I have to use that i can read the 'output pages' one by one?

Why don't you just use less?

aptitude search gnome|less

should do what you want (and a little more).

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