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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:56:05 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Scroll back in console
Message-ID:  <20030828205605.GC29750@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <005701c36da3$bb78f870$04fea8c0@moe>
References:  <005701c36da3$bb78f870$04fea8c0@moe>

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In the last episode (Aug 28), Charles Howse said:
> I realize that I can pipe a command to a pager, but is there a
> keystroke combination that I can use to scroll back in the console? 
> Shift+PageUp works in Linux.

Hit scroll-lock, then up/down/pgup/pgdwn/home/end.  Hit scroll-lock to
get back to normal.  You can use the vidcontrol -h command to change
the number of lines in the history.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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