See Last Commands Output from the Terminal Buffer

Question

Lets say I run the external very_long_taking_command like this:

:!very_long_taking_command

and I get the output in this Vim Terminal where it says "Press ENTER or type command to continue".

When I press ENTER it goes away. But what if I want to see the output again? What do I do? I don't want to run the command again...

Vivian De Smedt · Accepted Answer · 2023-10-11 13:21:03Z

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I would do:

:term very_long_taking_command

If your very_long_taking_command is dos command you could have to do:

:term cmd /c very_long_taking_dos_command

Remark: if it is very long and you don't want to freeze Vim you could use an asynchronous runner like asyncrun and do:

:AsyncRun very_long_taking_command
:cw

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answered Oct 11 at 12:56

Vivian De Smedt

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that is definitely the best way, but there was also a way which you could do after executing the command^^
– Pixelbog
Oct 11 at 13:03
I'm afraid if the command ran in a dos box or shell box the output is lost after the shell quit :-|
– Vivian De Smedt
Oct 11 at 13:07
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I am like 95% sure there was a way. I learned that years ago when I started using vim but completely forgot about it and just remembered recently. I will let you know if I find it again :)
– Pixelbog
Oct 11 at 16:08
Omg found it: g<. It was in one really really old vim_notes.md file on my backup server :DD
– Pixelbog
Oct 11 at 16:19
Nice! but for a shell command on Windows at least it do not display the output of the command, only the command itself.
– Vivian De Smedt
Oct 11 at 16:23

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Vivian De Smedt · Accepted Answer · 2023-10-11 18:41:21Z

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The Solution is to use g<.

From the Official Vim Documentation:

If you accidentally hit <Enter> or <Space> and you want to see the displayed text then use g<. This only works when 'more' is set.

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