From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.130]:63652 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750934AbbHaG4p (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:56:45 -0400 Subject: Re: fdisk To: Bruce Dubbs , util-linux@vger.kernel.org References: <55E3B640.2060606@gmail.com> From: Bernhard Voelker Message-ID: <55E3FAA9.5060204@bernhard-voelker.de> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:56:41 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55E3B640.2060606@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/31/2015 04:04 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I have a question about (or a enhancement request) running fdisk. When > asking to list known partition types, I get about 70 lines of output. > Generally that would not be a problem, but I was running in a Debian > install/rescue iso that uses busybox in a 25 line terminal. I do not > have a way to scroll up and thus cannot see the first 40 or so partition > types. > > Is there a way to use a pager for this? In this situation 'more' is > available but 'less' is not. Otherwise I think an automatic pause every > 20 lines or so would be appropriate to build into the partition type > listing. hmm, I'm getting 27 lines (at a maximum line length of 79 characters) as output of the 'l' command here - even if I resize the xterm to 20x80 characters. OTOH, the main help output via the 'm' command uses 38 lines. Shouldn't you also have issues with that one in your environment? Have a nice day, Berny