I'm using Terminator as my terminal. Is there a built-in way to find/search through the output backlog? I'm not looking for grep
and piping a command, or piping into less
or vim
.
3 Answers
Terminator has a built-in search (ctrl-shift-f is the default keybinding), but it doesn't highlight the found text, which makes it fairly useless.
There's a bug open against terminator to fix this, but right now it's still unresolved:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/terminator/+bug/271487
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You just made this account to answer this question, right? Thanks a lot. :) May 18, 2016 at 6:52
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Happy to help. :-) I'm really hoping the terminator devs will be able to get this one fixed soon. It's a great program.– trapgateMay 18, 2016 at 20:49
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1Just started using terminator today.. I already ran into this and hope for the same. For ppl wanting this feature: go to the launchpad page, register, and click "This bug affects me" at the top of that page.. Though I don't hold great hopes, as that feature request is almost 10years old now.. :( Apr 28, 2017 at 8:45
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5Stumbled upon this thread today: bug has status fix committed, so things are moving forward. Milestone: Terminator 2.1. May 21, 2018 at 8:34
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Man, I wish I always knew this. I can't tell you how many times I've copy and pasted from Terminator to a text editor just to find something. Thank you! Jun 10, 2022 at 19:05
You can install latest version on ubuntu where the bug is solved
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mattrose/terminator
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install terminator
See https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/blob/master/INSTALL.md
This actually has been resolved for terminator 2.1
, yes good things do happen in 2020. However it's not on the repo yet, but you can clone the
github terminator repo
And follow the steps form install guide
Basically it will take you to
git clone [email protected]:gnome-terminator/terminator.git
sudo apt-get install python3-gi python3-gi-cairo python3-psutil python3-configobj \
gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gir1.2-vte-2.91 gettext intltool dbus-x11
# In the folder where you've cloned the repo
python3 setup.py build
python3 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=install-files.txt
you should be able to spawn a terminal from that point by running from the folder where you've cloned the repo
python3 terminator
And have the desired search working