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I used printf to output a columnar display of a text file.
However the length I wanted will cause the columns to flow into the next line.
I've been searching for a flag or workaround that will make the console window scroll and could only come across the following:
set horizontal-scroll-mode On
It's right under the #! /bin/bash line, but couldn't work
Is there another way?
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Terminals are not designed to scroll horizontally. Use less -S to allow scrolling left and right as well as up and down.
Horizontal scrolling can be achieved by clicking and dragging a horizontal scroll bar, swiping sideways on a desktop trackpad or trackpad mouse, pressing left and right arrow keys, or swiping sideways with one's finger on a touchscreen.
As noted in PuTTY wish horiz-scroll, if you really need horizontal scrolling, you will only get that by using an application running in the terminal emulator which simulates the feature. The example given (less) provides this using the -S option (see Use less -S for horizontal scrolling).
No. Terminals are not designed to scroll horizontally. Use less -S to allow scrolling left and right as well as up and down.
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Maybe you should look into using dialog, here's the man page for dialog, or ncurses to do this for you instead of wrestling with the means of outputting text and scrolling. Let those libraries take care of that for you.
Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.
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