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Netmoon
Asked: 2013-11-11 12:50:37 +0800 CST

real-time search in terminal output stream; after running a command

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sometimes i want to search specific string in terminal after running a command. for example, i run apt-get upgrade and i see outputs in terminal line by line:

Unpacking replacement procps ...
Preparing to replace apt-transport-https 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.12 (using .../apt-transport-https_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.15_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement apt-transport-https ...
Preparing to replace dosfstools 3.0.12-1ubuntu1 (using .../dosfstools_3.0.12-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dosfstools ...
Preparing to replace python-problem-report 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 (using .../python-problem-report_2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement python-problem-report ...
Preparing to replace python-apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 (using .../python-apport_2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6_all.deb) ...

and it goes on.
is there a way i search dosfstools string, right now; with shortcut or something else?

I know: easy way is, select the text in terminal and copy that to text editor and search for string. but if I do that more and more times, it makes me :-/

12.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try ctrl-shift-f to search in gnome-terminal. If you're using some other terminal, please specify which one.

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