[SOLVED] How to see the contents of a folder on the screen

Z32O · 2017-05-31 11:03:40

Hello, everyone, I'm new to the magic world of Arch, but after many searches, I'm not able to understand how to see the contents of a folder that have many files inside, I mean, when I do 'ls' command, for example in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty, a list of files appear, but I can't see all of them, and I don't know how to scroll up and down without mouse use. I'm in the installation phase, and I'm without GUI. Could someone help me with this stupid issue?

Sorry if I opened a thread just for this question, but I wish to interact with some Arch user, and not just searching across Google.

Last edited by Z32O (2017-05-31 15:46:55)

hoerbert · 2017-05-31 11:28:23

Hey Z32O,

you can pipe command outputs to less.

ls | less

This lets you scroll through the output with up/down or PgUp/PgDown. Press 'q' to quit.

R00KIE · 2017-05-31 13:23:56

If you are still on a tty you can use shift + page up/down to scroll back. However it might not provide enough history if there is a lot of output.

Z32O · 2017-05-31 15:45:28

hoerbert wrote:

Hey Z32O,
you can pipe command outputs to less.
ls | less
This lets you scroll through the output with up/down or PgUp/PgDown. Press 'q' to quit.

Oh, this works perfectly. In my all searches I never saw this use of the pipe, thank you a lot.

Unfortunately, the combo shift+pg up/dw doesn't work on my laptop, I don't know why... Thanks in any case R00KIE

I also discovered another way to see all the files, inside the path I type:

# cd + space + tab

then, the zsh advise me with the message: "zsh: do you wish to see all 119 possibilities (61 lines)?"

Now, without selecting yes or not, I push the enter button directly, then I push again the tab button, et voila.... I'm able to navigate among the folder's file

Last edited by Z32O (2017-05-31 16:02:03)

WorMzy · 2017-05-31 16:01:07

Depending on your laptop model/bios settings/planetary alignment, you may need to hold 'fn' when pressing PgUp/PgDown for it to work as that key.

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#1 2017-05-31 11:03:40

[SOLVED] How to see the contents of a folder on the screen

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