less
package.
Best pager available on all distributions.
Advantages over Vim:
- loads faster
Disadvantages over Vim:
- much less powerful
Inputs:
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/
: search forward -
n
: repeat last search -
d
: down one page -
u
: up one page -
g
: top of document -
G
: bottom of document -
g
: top of document -
<ENTER>
: down one line -
-S
: toggle line wrappingless "$f" printf 'ab\ncd\n' | less
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-R
: interpret ANSI color codesRubbish:
ls --color | less
Colors!:
ls --color | less -R
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-X
: keep last view of less visible on the terminal after quitting.http://askubuntu.com/questions/429781/less-output-does-not-show-output-in-terminal-after-quitting-it