Name
less
Synopsis
less [options] [filename]
Description
less is a program for paging through files or other output. It was written in reaction to the perceived primitiveness of more (hence its name). Some commands may be preceded by a number.
Options
- -[z] num
Set number of lines to scroll to num. Default is one screenful. A negative num sets the number to num lines less than the current number.
- +[+] command
Run command on startup. If command is a number, jump to that line. The option ++ applies this command to each file in the command-line list.
- -?
Print help screen. Ignore all other options; do not page through file.
- -a
When searching, begin after last line displayed. (Default is to search from second line displayed.)
- -b buffers
Use buffers buffers for each file (default is 10). Buffers are 1 kilobyte in size.
- -c
Redraw screen from top, not bottom.
- -d
Suppress dumb-terminal error messages.
- -e
Automatically exit after reaching EOF twice.
- -f
Force opening of directories and devices; do not print warning when opening binaries.
- -g
Highlight only string found by past search command, not all matching strings.
- -h num
Never scroll backward more than num lines at once.
- -i
Make searches case-insensitive, unless the search string contains uppercase letters.
- -j num
Position target line on line num of screen. Target line can be the result of a search or a jump. Count lines beginning from 1 (top line). A negative num is counted back from bottom of screen.
- -k file
Read file to define special ...
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