Re: [orca-list] Linux Mint MATE terminal questions

[Andy Borka <sonfire11 gmail com>]

Hi,

While you are in terminal, you have a few options of obtaining output 
from the terminal window. The first and quick way of doing it is using 
Orca's flat review shortcuts usually found on the numpad of your 
keyboard. If you use laptop mode instead of desktop mode, the shortcuts 
are different. Orca help or the key bindings tab of Orca preferences 
will give you a good idea what is available. This works good for 
reviewing a few lines of output or to check the spelling or contents of 
a small folder in the file system. If you are attempting to review 
larger blocks of text, copy lines of output, or have a need to scroll 
back through the output history, try the terminal command "script". It 
creates a transcript of your terminal session and puts it into a text 
file for later review. When you want the transcript to start, type 
"script filename" without the quotes. When you want to stop the 
transcript, type "end script" without the quotes. Another quick and 
dirty method of getting output into a text file for further review is to 
redirect the output of a command into a text file. For example:

ls --help > ls_help.txt

Will put the output of ls --help into a text file called ls_help.txt. 
You can then open it in gedit or pluma and review it at will. I 
recommend the script method for reviewing your mysql datasets when 
working in the terminal client.


On 10/24/18 6:32 PM, Matt - Envrin Group via orca-list wrote:
> Did a quick Google, but can't really find anything, so thought I would ask here.
>
> I'm quite good with this whole blind thing now, but one inconvenience
> I have is using terminal in Linux Mint MATE.
>
> Is there anyway to navigate what's on the terminal, and do a quick
> copy & paste?  Maybe I want something from a log file, or want to read
> the last few lines outputted while compiling a program.  For another
> example, sometimes there will be a capital letter in a directory name
> I don't pick up on, hence have trouble changing to the directory.
> Instead, I have to open up file manager, navigate to the parent
> directory, hit F2 to rename that directory then copy and paste the
> name in terminal.  It works, but is a pain.
>
> Another one, is there any way to navigate results from a SQL query?
> For example, I'm in terminal logged into a mySQL database, pull a few
> records, and want to copy & paste one field.  Right now, I just write
> a quick PHP script, and open it in Firefox which displays the
> necessary records in plain text, but that can be burdensome if there's
> a more efficient way to do it.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
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