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Sometimes iI want to search/filter help for particular commands for keywords.

history --help

gives list of optionmsoptions, sometimes itsit's overwhelming how manymuch info is there, can i. Can I filter it for keywork "clear" e.g.

history --help *clear*

Also sometimes iI want all info from --help, but screen itsit's so many lineslong that some of themthe lines get lost and iI cannot scroll up for them, how. How can iI make it show screen by screen e.g. fill first screen then on key press fill second screen etc.

questionQuestion same for file listing command.

Sometimes i want to search/filter help for particular commands for keywords.

history --help

gives list of optionms, sometimes its overwhelming how many info is there, can i filter it for keywork "clear" e.g.

history --help *clear*

Also sometimes i want all info from --help, but screen its so many lines that some of them get lost and i cannot scroll up for them, how can i make it show screen by screen e.g. fill first screen then on key press fill second screen etc.

question same for file listing command.

Sometimes I want to search/filter help for particular commands for keywords.

history --help

gives list of options, sometimes it's overwhelming how much info is there. Can I filter it for keywork "clear" e.g.

history --help *clear*

Also sometimes I want all info from --help, but it's so long that some of the lines get lost and I cannot scroll up for them. How can I make it show screen by screen e.g. fill first screen then on key press fill second screen etc.

Question same for file listing command.

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Filter --help command?

Sometimes i want to search/filter help for particular commands for keywords.

history --help

gives list of optionms, sometimes its overwhelming how many info is there, can i filter it for keywork "clear" e.g.

history --help *clear*

Also sometimes i want all info from --help, but screen its so many lines that some of them get lost and i cannot scroll up for them, how can i make it show screen by screen e.g. fill first screen then on key press fill second screen etc.

question same for file listing command.