tldr/pages/common/less.md

# less

> Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search.

- Open a file:

`less {{source_file}}`

- Page down / up:

`<Space> (down), b (up)`

- Go to end / start of file:

`G (end), g (start)`

- Forward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match):

`/{{something}}`

- Backward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match):

`?{{something}}`

- Follow the output of the currently opened file:

`F`

- Open the current file in an editor:

`v`

- Exit:

`q`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00			`# less`

fix descriptions split by mistake in #633 (#1098) 2016-10-12 18:58:04 +03:00			`> Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search.`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Open a file:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 15:12:16 +04:00			`less {{source_file}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			`- Page down / up:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			`<Space> (down), b (up)`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			`- Go to end / start of file:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			`G (end), g (start)`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			- Forward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match):
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			`/{{something}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			- Backward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match):
Added backward search example for less command 2016-03-04 13:33:57 +03:00
less, more: Don't use ...then... in examples Instead, explain additional keystrokes in the example title. See https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pull/1106/commits/ee1472e76f2c3241a2f4bb96a56b824af724c64c#r82836295 Also, change order of examples to down/up, end/start and next/previous to keep consistency. 2016-10-11 22:34:23 +03:00			`?{{something}}`
Added backward search example for less command 2016-03-04 13:33:57 +03:00
Update less.md 2017-12-06 21:55:50 +03:00			`- Follow the output of the currently opened file:`
Added shortcut to tail inside of less. Shift F 2017-12-06 01:41:05 +03:00
Update less.md 2017-12-06 21:55:50 +03:00			`F`
Added shortcut to tail inside of less. Shift F 2017-12-06 01:41:05 +03:00
Add missing colon 2016-12-22 00:19:14 +03:00			`- Open the current file in an editor:`
Open current file in editor 2016-12-20 23:47:49 +03:00
			`v`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 20:31:27 +03:00			`- Exit:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 12:56:16 +04:00
			`q`