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less (display file one page at a time)

Displays a file to the screen. It displays one screen, and then waits. The less command is a newer version of the more command. less has both options and commands. Commands are typed while less is running, displaying the file. Commands are similar to vi commands. Pressing a key when less has displayed a screen full of text and is waiting for input tells less what to display next.

Format: less

filename Examples: less file1.txt

The less command has many more commands and options than the more command.

Opt

What It Does

Examples

?

Display help file

less -?

-m

Display a long prompt

less -m

-ppattern

Start display where first pattern is found

less +pa*

Command

What It Does

<space>

Display next screen

n<Enter>

Display the next n lines; default is one line

/pattern

Search for pattern

=

Print current line number

b

Skip backward one screen of text

f

Skip forward two screens of text

n

Repeat last search

q

Stop displaying files

v

Open file in vi editor