Service console question

[nicebloke]

Hi there - I'm trying to run the lspci -v command on the service console. Is there any equivalent of a scroll lock or a way to navigate back through the text that has already scrolled by?

[jayolsen]

you could pipe it to more to see a screen at a time lspci -v | more

[Doc_Rice]

Unfortunately, the "more" command doesn't seem to exist within ESXi's (unsupported) Service Console. The other option is to use the "less" command.

[atbnet · Accepted solution]

For ESX use:

lspci | more OR lspci | less

For ESXi Use:

lspci | less

They are more or less the same :smileysilly:

Andy, VMware Certified Professional (VCP),

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[nicebloke]

Thank you very much! I couldn't believe such a small issue was holding me up, nor that there was no comprehensive list of service console commands in the official documentation...

[Dave_Mishchenko]

The console is not intended for general use and was included to provide support a way to troubleshoot certain issues. For general configuration one should use the RCLI and the RCLI commands are documented.