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cristian bolea
Courses Plus Student 3,393 Pointshow to scroll up when using cat?
Hello, when using cat I am unable to scroll up and down using arrows, it gives me the history of what I have typed when I use the arrows. What do I do wrong? Thank you in advance and thank you treehouse, for the wonderfull courses, this takes the fear out of command line :):)
8 Answers
Scott Evans
4,236 PointsI would suggest using a command line editor then, if you want to see more than less provides
Scott Evans
4,236 PointsIf you are trying to Scroll you can either use your mouse's scroll wheel or you could use a different viewing software for example.
nano somefile.txt
This would allow you to navigate the whole file using CTRL-N
cristian bolea
Courses Plus Student 3,393 PointsThank you Scott :) So, it means that if I do not have a mouse with a scroll button on my laptop, I can not scroll up and down if I use less?
Scott Evans
4,236 PointsDoes your terminal not have a scroll bar?
cristian bolea
Courses Plus Student 3,393 Points....no, it does not :)
cristian bolea
Courses Plus Student 3,393 PointsOk thanks:) I do have an additional question,if you have time, how can I copy paste from terminal to my desktop?
Scott Evans
4,236 PointsWhat terminal program are you using?
cristian bolea
Courses Plus Student 3,393 PointsThanks a lot Scott..:) Sorry for the delay... I am using the terminal window from the course..