How can I still see the 'man' text after I quit man?
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Mar 15, 20265442 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I typically use tcsh or bash and often want to use 'man' to review a command's options. Currently when I quit man or ctrl-C, the man text disappears and I see the scrollback buffer that was there before I performed the 'man' command. I would like to still see the 'man' text I was viewing as a refer…
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This behavior comes from the “alternate screen” feature included in some (hardware) terminals and most (software) terminal emulators. What happens is that some terminal-aware programs switch to the alternate ‘screen’ to do their work and switch back…
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