Ok I started mysql on the metasploitable VM and entered the following command:

select table_name from information_schema.tables;

Having first used the command:

show databases;

Just to practice navigating and exploring the available databases on metasploit to see if I could understand it further. However, the results from the select table_name…. command were 430 rows and I could only see the last few. Hence, my question, in Linux I think you are able to control how information scrolls through the terminal with the more or less command (I think, please correct me if I’m wrong). So is it possible to do this in MySQL. Have the terminal display a page of rows and then press a key to display more so that you can peruse the information at leisure. I searched google and it seemed to indicate that you should use pager but when I used the \P I got an error saying pager was not my default pager and I couldn’t figure out how to set it up so it was. I hope this makes more sense about what I’m trying to achieve and you can help me.

Regards and thanks again.

Nick