how to change scrolling distance in tty terms

[Knapp]

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Jason Crain <jason at bluetree.ath.cx> wrote:
> Joe Burgess wrote:
>> Hello, so I use the tty consoles a good amount (the ones you get to by
>> going ctlr-alt f1) and I was wondering if it possible to increase the
>> distance you can scroll back.  I know you press shift-pg up to scroll
>> back but really it doesn't go very far.  is this possible
>
> I recommend screen, a terminal manager.  It provides a much larger and
> configurable scrollback buffer and a lot of nice features, such as
> running several shell windows on a single terminal.  You can also detach
> screen and leave it running after you log out.

If you don't know about it, learn the > and | command. As in:

ls | less
or
ls > filename

I also would like to know a straight up answer about how to extend
bash's scroll back buffer.

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