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From: FuziOK <fuziok@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:12:03
Message-Id: 45D493CB.1090204@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Short history in terminal (without X) by Roman Naumann
1 Roman Naumann дµÀ:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > does someone know, how to increase the "history-buffer's size" of the
5 > terminal? (and I mean the pure terminal, without an X-Server)
6 > I mean, if I use some commands producing plenty of output, I cannot scroll to
7 > the beginning of the text quite often, because the history buffer is to
8 > small.
9 >
10 > Another inconvenient thing is that the buffer seems to "forget" everything
11 > except the last screen of text, if I switch to another terminal. (alt + F2
12 > for instance).
13 >
14 > How can I make the history buffer larger, or - if possible - set it
15 > infinitely large. (Just as the "Konsole" of KDE.)
16 >
17 > Thanks,
18 >
19 > Roman Naumann.
20 >
21 Try screen.
22 http://www.gnu.org/software/screen
23
24 But I like to use tee:
25 command 2>&1 | tee output
26
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