[LUNI] capturing shell output in a cut/paste buffer

[Mike Scott]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [LUNI] capturing shell output in a cut/paste buffer
> From: "Jay Strauss" <me at heyjay.com>
> Date: Mon, April 23, 2007 7:29 am
> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion"
> <luni at luni.org>
> 
> Is there anyway to run a command and capture the output in a cut/paste buffer?

It depends on how many lines of text you have and whether you are
running in pure text or from a bash prompt under X.  If the later, then
you can scroll back for several screens (I believe you can even set how
much it will buffer) and select/copy from there.

- Mike Scott