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- SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
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- Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, _N.
- Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if _N is given.
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- h H Display this help.
- q :q :Q ZZ Exit.
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- e ^E j ^N CR * Forward one line (or _N lines).
- y ^Y k ^K ^P * Backward one line (or _N lines).
- f ^F ^V SPACE * Forward one window (or _N lines).
- b ^B ESC-v * Backward one window (or _N lines).
- z * Forward one window (and set window to _N).
- w * Backward one window (and set window to _N).
- d ^D * Forward one half-window (and set half-window to _N).
- u ^U * Backward one half-window (and set half-window to _N).
- F Forward forever; like "tail -f".
- r ^R ^L Repaint screen.
- R Repaint screen, discarding buffered input.
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- Default "window" is the screen height.
- Default "half-window" is half of the screen height.
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- /_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Search forward for (_N-th) matching line.
- ?_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Search backward for (_N-th) matching line.
- n * Repeat previous search (for _N-th occurrence).
- N * Repeat previous search in reverse direction.
- ESC-n * Repeat previous search, spanning files.
- ESC-N * Repeat previous search, reverse dir. & spanning files.
- ESC-u Undo (toggle) search highlighting.
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- Search patterns may be modified by one or more of:
- ! search for NON-matching lines.
- * search multiple files.
- @ start search at first file (for /) or last file (for ?).
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- g < ESC-< * Go to first line in file (or line _N).
- G > ESC-> * Go to last line in file (or line _N).
- p % * Go to beginning of file (or _N percent into file).
- { * Go to the } matching the (_N-th) { in the top line.
- } * Go to the { matching the (_N-th) } in the bottom line.
- ( * Go to the ) matching the (_N-th) ( in the top line.
- ) * Go to the ( matching the (_N-th) ) in the bottom line.
- [ * Go to the ] matching the (_N-th) [ in the top line.
- ] * Go to the [ matching the (_N-th) ] in the bottom line.
- ESC-^F _<_c_1_> _<_c_2_> * Go to the _c_1 matching the (_N-th) _c_2 in the top line
- ESC-^B _<_c_1_> _<_c_2_> * Go to the _c_2 matching the (_N-th) _c_1 in the bottom line.
- m_<_l_e_t_t_e_r_> Mark the current position with <letter>.
- '_<_l_e_t_t_e_r_> Go to a previously marked position.
- '' Go to the previous position.
- ^X^X Same as '.
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- :e [_f_i_l_e] Examine a new file.
- ^X^V Same as :e.
- :n * Examine the (_N-th) next file from the command line.
- :p * Examine the (_N-th) previous file from the command line.
- :x * Examine the first (or _N-th) file from the command line.
- = ^G :f Print current file name.
- V Print version number of "less".
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- -_<_f_l_a_g_> Toggle a command line flag [see FLAGS below].
- __<_f_l_a_g_> Display the setting of a command line flag.
- +_c_m_d Execute the less cmd each time a new file is examined.
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- !_c_o_m_m_a_n_d Passes the command to $SHELL to be executed.
- |XX_c_o_m_m_a_n_d Pipe file between current pos & mark XX to shell command.
- v Edit the current file with $EDITOR.
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- FLAGS
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- Most flags may be changed either on the command line,
- or from within less by using the - command.
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- -? Display help (from command line).
- -a Set forward search starting location.
- -b [_N] Number of buffers.
- -B Automatically allocate buffers.
- -c -C Repaint by scrolling/clearing.
- -d Dumb terminal.
- -e -E Quit at end of file.
- -f Force open non-regular files.
- -F Don't highlight matches for previous search pattern.
- -h [_N] Backward scroll limit.
- -i Ignore case in searches.
- -j [_N] Screen position of target lines.
- -k [_f_i_l_e] Use a lesskey file.
- -m -M Set prompt style.
- -n -N Use line numbers.
- -o [_f_i_l_e] Log file.
- -O [_f_i_l_e] Log file (unconditionally overwrite).
- -p [_p_a_t_t_e_r_n] Start at pattern (from command line).
- -P [_p_r_o_m_p_t] Define new prompt.
- -q -Q Quiet the terminal bell.
- -r Translate control characters.
- -s Squeeze multiple blank lines.
- -S Chop long lines.
- -t [_t_a_g] Find a tag.
- -T [_t_a_g_s_f_i_l_e] Use an alternate tags file.
- -u -U Change handling of backspaces.
- -V Display the version number of "less".
- -w Display ~ for lines after end-of-file.
- -x [_N] Set tab stops.
- -X Don't use termcap init/deinit strings.
- -y [_N] Forward scroll limit.
- -z [_N] Set size of window.
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