{"id":27898,"date":"2024-03-16T09:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T09:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-split-the-screen-in-linux-to-display-file-contents\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:09:02","slug":"how-to-split-the-screen-in-linux-to-display-file-contents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-split-the-screen-in-linux-to-display-file-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"How to split the screen in Linux to display file contents?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Linux, you can use the following command to display file contents in split screens:<\/p>\n

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  1. Display file content in multiple screens using the less command.<\/li>\n
  2. view the contents of file.txt<\/li>\n
  3. In less, you can navigate up and down using the arrow keys, flip pages with Page Up and Page Down, and exit by pressing q.<\/li>\n
  4. Display file content in split screen using the “more” command.<\/li>\n
  5. Show me file.txt.<\/li>\n
  6. In the “more” tool, you can use the spacebar to scroll down and press the q key to exit.<\/li>\n
  7. Display file contents in split screen using the cat command combined with the less command.<\/li>\n
  8. View the content of file.txt in the terminal using the less command.<\/li>\n
  9. Here the output of the cat command is passed to the less command using a pipeline to achieve split screen display.<\/li>\n
  10. Display the contents of a file in real-time by using the tail command to split the screen.<\/li>\n
  11. Display the ongoing updates from the file.txt in real time.<\/li>\n
  12. The “-f” option here allows real-time tracking of changes in the file content, so that the display will automatically update when the file changes. Pressing Ctrl + C will exit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here are some common methods for splitting the screen to display file content in Linux. You can choose the appropriate method based on your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In Linux, you can use the following command to display file contents in split screens: Display file content in multiple screens using the less command. view the contents of file.txt In less, you can navigate up and down using the arrow keys, flip pages with Page Up and Page Down, and exit by pressing q. 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