tldr/pages/common/less.md

# less

> Opens a file for reading.
> Allows movement and search.
> Doesn't read the entire file (suitable for logs).

- Open a file:

`less {{source_file}}`

- Page up / down:

`<Space> (next), b (previous)`

- Go to start / end of file:

`g (start), G (end)`

- Forward search for a string:

`/{{something}}   then   n (next), N (previous)`

- Backward search for a string:

`?{{something}}   then   n (next), N (previous)`

- Enable output of ANSI colors:

`git diff --color | less -R`

- Exit:

`q`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00			`# less`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Opens a file for reading.`
			`> Allows movement and search.`
			`> Doesn't read the entire file (suitable for logs).`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Open a file:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`less {{source_file}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Page up / down:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
less, more: Update page up/down shortcut (#1038) - Previous shortcut (`D`/`d`) refers to scrolling half of a page, not a full page 2016-09-05 18:27:12 +01:00			`<Space> (next), b (previous)`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Go to start / end of file:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
			`g (start), G (end)`

Added backward search example for less command 2016-03-04 10:33:57 +00:00			`- Forward search for a string:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`/{{something}} then n (next), N (previous)`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Added backward search example for less command 2016-03-04 10:33:57 +00:00			`- Backward search for a string:`

			`?{{something}} then n (next), N (previous)`

less: Add example for enabling ANSI color output (#849) 2016-05-12 10:49:04 +01:00			`- Enable output of ANSI colors:`

			`git diff --color \| less -R`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Exit:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
			`q`