How can i scroll up in text mode of linux

is it there any way to scroll up and view the contents of text mode?I was trying to view all the files listed as part of my directory

I can scrollup and view the output of text mode,any way to scroll up and view the output?

2 Answers

What I've always done is pipe it with the less command. For example ls | less. Once you do this you can go backwards a single line by pressing the Y key, or backwards N lines by pressing U. And of course you can advance forward a single line by pressing Enter, or Space to advance multiple lines.

For more info on less check out man less.

Many terminals, whether the bare console or in a window manager, will let you scroll vertically with Shift-PgUp and Shift-PgDn.