You need to use less less is a pager, it allows you to view a page at a time. e.g. command | less

ls -Al /etc | less

You need to use less less is a pager, it allows you to view a page at a time. e.g.

command | less
ls -Al /etc | less

The most common command while in less are:

• enter advance one line
• space advance one page
• q quit / exit help
• h help

see man less for more info, like how to search.