Partial directory list in linux

Question

If I have a directory containing hundreds of files, using `ls`, `ls-l`, or `dir` gives me a list that's too long for the command terminal screen, so I'm unable to see most of the files in the directory. I recall there being some argument for `ls` that allows one to scroll through the list in short increments, but can't seem to find it.

Accepted Answer

One option is to pipe the output to `less` or `more`

```
ls | less
```

or

```
ls | more
```

Partial directory list in linux

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