MySQL describe | more With my current setup, it's going to be very hard, if not impossible, to get my terminal window to scroll up and down. That means I can only see 25 rows of text at once. If I have to display something longer, I use |more to be able to scroll through it, like this:

ifconfig | more


But what can I do when a MySQL statement returns more than 25 lines?

describe mysql.user;


I can't just add "| more" in MySQL, and "limit 5" would be invalid syntax here. How can I view the rows a few at a time?
In the MySQL shell, enter

pager less


Then enter your query. Use Enter to scroll down and 'q' to stop browsing the results.

My system doesn't have less, so I used more instead:

pager more


More can scroll down and quit like less, but it can't scroll up.