less [OPTIONS] file...
Less is a program similar to more, but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement.
| Less Commands | |
| up arrow | scroll up |
| down arrow | scroll down |
| / | search |
| n | next search result |
| q | quit |
| :n | next file (if multiple specified) |
| :p | previous file (if multiple specified) |
| g, then some number, enter | Goto line number specified |
less unix.txt #[1]Creative Commons [2]copyright It costs US$10 an hour to run Wikimedia websites. You can [3]donate here (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising) to help us raise $50,000 to keep our websites running smoothly. We have less than $15,000 to go thanks to [4]all those who have donated (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2004/Q4/Most_recent_d ay)! Unix From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. UNIX (or Unix) is a [5]portable, multi-task and multi-user [6]computer [7]operating system originally developed by a group of [8]AT&T [9]Bell Labs employees including [10]Ken Thompson, [11]Dennis Ritchie and [12]Douglas McIlroy. Contents [13]1 History [14]2 Standards [15]3 Free Unix-like operating systems [16]4 Impact unix.txt |
Similar to cat -n, displays line numbers inside of less
less -N unix.txt
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2 #[1]Creative Commons [2]copyright
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4 It costs US$10 an hour to run Wikimedia websites. You can [3]donate
5 here (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising) to help us
6 raise $50,000 to keep our websites running smoothly. We have less than
7 $15,000 to go thanks to [4]all those who have donated
8 (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund_drives/2004/Q4/Most_recent_d
9 ay)!
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11 Unix
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13 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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15 UNIX (or Unix) is a [5]portable, multi-task and multi-user
16 [6]computer [7]operating system originally developed by a group of
17 [8]AT&T [9]Bell Labs employees including [10]Ken Thompson, [11]Dennis
18 Ritchie and [12]Douglas McIlroy.
19 Contents
20 [13]1 History
21 [14]2 Standards
22 [15]3 Free Unix-like operating systems
23 [16]4 Impact
unix.txt
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