Shortcut key for scrolling inside a terminal

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What is the shortcut key for scrolling inside a terminal?

If I hit the Up or Down arrow or PageUp or PageDown, it will only traverse through command history, not let me traverse the previous part displayed in the terminal.

Especially when I run Matlab in a terminal, I have the same problem.

My OS is Ubuntu.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-15T11:33:50.407

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Shift+PgUp/PgDn/Home/End will scroll in gnome-terminal and Terminal.

edited Mar 15 '12 at 11:33

answered Mar 15 '12 at 11:15

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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+1 Thanks! How about making up/down arrow keys to work? – Tim Mar 15 '12 at 11:17
Are Shift + uparrow and Shift + downarrow supposed not to work? – Tim Mar 15 '12 at 11:29
But be sure you don't have them bound as hotkeys. Also, check the terminal preferences. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Mar 15 '12 at 11:31
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I've never run across any terminal which didnt support at least the SHIFT PGUP/PGDN combo. The actual console (tty1, tty2, etc) even supports it. – phemmer Mar 15 '12 at 22:37
Unfortunately, this can't be customized: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/-/issues/6777 – Resigned June 2023 Oct 10 '21 at 03:01

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '13 at 17:55

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Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down

for gnome-terminal single line up/down

answered Feb 03 '13 at 17:55

anon

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Shortcut key for scrolling inside a terminal

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