Navigating text files with less
Throughout this book, you will often use programs and tools that use the program less or a less-like navigation to view and read file content or display output. At first, the control can seem a bit unintuitive .Here, in this recipe, we will show you the basics of how to navigate through a file using less controls.
Getting ready
To complete this recipe, you will require a working installation of the CentOS 7 operating system with root privileges.
How to do it...
- To begin, log in as root and type the following command to open a program that uses less for navigation:
man man - To navigate, press the up and down key to scroll up and down one line at a time, the spacebar to scroll down a page, and the b key to scroll up a ...
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