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Sometimes when you issue a command, such as dpkg -l or try to view a file in a Virtual Terminal or in a shell, the output is too much for one screen display. To make it easier to read, you can "pipe" it through one of the applications more or less, like this
dpkg -l|more
and use the SPACEBAR to display the next screen, and q to quit.The pipe is a key ( | ) on the keyboard that has two vertical lines one above the other. It often looks like a one full vertical line. On the US qwerty keyboard this symbol is usually found on the same key as the backslash (\) key (to the left of the ENTER key). On the Norwegian keyboard it's usually found on the key below F1