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I've just dicovered GNU screen , a program that allows you to setup multiple terminals, from which you can detach and re-attach, so that you can have programs running in ...
- 06-28-2009 #1Linux User
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How to read text that scrolled off the screen in GNU screen
I've just dicovered GNU screen, a program that allows you to setup multiple terminals, from which you can detach and re-attach, so that you can have programs running in a session to a remote server and then log off from that server while the programs keep running! Great for over night copying jobs on my file server.
Sometimes the output of a command is rather long and the text scrolls off the screen. How do i scroll up to read the output? Shift + page up doesn't work...
Any ideas?OS's I use: Debian testing, Debian stable, Ubuntu, Windows XP, Windows Vista
- 06-28-2009 #2Linux User
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The answer is: "Ctrl+a ["
OS's I use: Debian testing, Debian stable, Ubuntu, Windows XP, Windows Vista
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