How to see all output in Far 3?

Question

I want to see all output even if it is huge. For example, running systeminfo via regular command line prompt in Windows will show everything with vertical scrolling. But when I'm invoking the same command in Far 3 I'm able to see just the end of information that fit in one screen.

Solution 1

I realise this is old, and you've already accepted your answer, but I believe that Far 3 comes with the FarCmds plugin (certainly the nightly build that I just downloaded does).

This allows you to copy the output of commands into the edit or view windows, using the edit:, view: and other "commands"... like so:

C:\tmp> edit:< systeminfo

Basically, it's redirecting the command systeminfo into an instance of the editor. You can even copy directly to the clipboard by using clip: instead. FarCmds is one of my most-used plugins.

Solution 2

Problem can be solved by configuring properties of Far window. Increasing a value of right click at title bar -> Properties -> Layout -> Screen buffer size -> Height leads to a proper result.

Solution 3

If you run Farmanager from ConEmu you could run the command and append -new_console:c to it to put it in a new console with the press any key to continue output. You will be able to scroll up.

Comments

[Vlad]

One other option is to pipe you command output into standard windows MORE command like so : c:\>systeminfo|MORE

[zb226]

Indeed, very good solution! FarCmds is also bundled in the last 1.75 release of FAR.