pipe it through less ls | less This 'pipes' the output of ls to less. less will let you page up and down. q will return you to the prompt. kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "PHPTOm" <phptom at wordesign.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 9:30 PM Subject: [TCLUG] Rookie question - Pausing ls output > When I list the contents of a large directory, how can I pause the output so > that I can see the files quickly scroll out of view? > > TOm > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list