I often want to read output from the terminal from the beginning but by default I have to scroll back up. This can be laborious when there is a lot of text. Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks :)

  • DreamButtEnglish
    2•24 hours ago

    Some people are saying to use less or more. But what you really wanna do is dump the output to a text file then less or more the file. You can delete the file later

    I always use my desktop for this bc the icons annoy me so I know I’ll nuke it later.

    But anyway this is better in general bc often you’ll forget what the output was or you’ll want to reference it somehow

      • DreamButtEnglish
        1•23 hours ago

        I only use tmp for scripts not for random crap I do in my term

        • @[email protected]
          1•22 hours ago

          random crap I do in my term

          /dev/shm is great for that. :) Automatically cleans up regardless of distribution.

          • DreamButtEnglish
            2•20 hours ago

            Oh for sure. Anything other than the desktop just feels more offical somehow is the thing