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JohnMerlino
Asked: 2012-12-11 16:19:00 +0800 CST

Terminal limits scrolling

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I have a running log, it outputs a lot to the terminal. Unfortunately, when I try to scroll up and view older output, it appears there is a limit. And I am unable to scroll past a certain point. On the Mac, the terminal allows you to scroll up to the start of the session. Is there a way to do this in ubuntu terminal?

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Go to Edit -> Profile Preference -> Scrolling Tab

    Now just tick the Unlimited box below Scrollback.

    You will now be able to see your entire output.

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  2. Since the question is now over three years old, I just want to post an update:

    In Ubuntu 15.10 it is pretty similar to the accepted answer, there it looks the following:

    • Go to Edit -> Profile Preference -> Scrolling Tab.

    • Untick the box beside "Limit scrollback to:".

    Disable "Limit scrollback to:"

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  3. Supposedly Gnome terminal has an option for that, please check Edit->Profiles->Default->Edit->Scrolling->Scrollback

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  4. The other answers here are correct... unless you use the clear command. Sometime after Ubuntu 12.04, running clear also prevented scrollback, even if you have the terminal set to unlimited scrolling. This can be very frustrating.

    For a discussion and workarounds, see How to stop `clear` from clearing scrollback buffer

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