| less.nro (60786) | less.nro (63128) |
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| 1.TH LESS 1 "Version 354: 23 Mar 2000" | 1.TH LESS 1 "Version 358: 08 Jul 2000" |
| 2.SH NAME 3less \- opposite of more 4.SH SYNOPSIS 5.B "less -?" 6.br 7.B "less --help" 8.br 9.B "less -V" --- 71 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 81Scroll backward N lines, default 1. 82The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size. 83Warning: some systems use ^Y as a special job control character. 84.IP "u or ^U" 85Scroll backward N lines, default one half of the screen size. 86If N is specified, it becomes the new default for 87subsequent d and u commands. 88.IP "ESC-) or RIGHTARROW" | 2.SH NAME 3less \- opposite of more 4.SH SYNOPSIS 5.B "less -?" 6.br 7.B "less --help" 8.br 9.B "less -V" --- 71 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 81Scroll backward N lines, default 1. 82The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size. 83Warning: some systems use ^Y as a special job control character. 84.IP "u or ^U" 85Scroll backward N lines, default one half of the screen size. 86If N is specified, it becomes the new default for 87subsequent d and u commands. 88.IP "ESC-) or RIGHTARROW" |
| 89Scroll horizontally right N characters, default 8. 90This behaves best if you also set the -S option (chop lines). | 89Scroll horizontally right N characters, default half the screen width 90(see the -# option). 91While the text is scrolled, it acts as though the -S option 92(chop lines) were in effect. |
| 91Note that if you wish to enter a number N, you must use ESC-), not RIGHTARROW, 92because the arrow is taken to be a line editing command 93(see the LINE EDITING section). 94.IP "ESC-( or LEFTARROW" | 93Note that if you wish to enter a number N, you must use ESC-), not RIGHTARROW, 94because the arrow is taken to be a line editing command 95(see the LINE EDITING section). 96.IP "ESC-( or LEFTARROW" |
| 95Scroll horizontally left N characters, default 8. | 97Scroll horizontally left N characters, default half the screen width 98(see the -# option). |
| 96.IP "r or ^R or ^L" 97Repaint the screen. 98.IP R 99Repaint the screen, discarding any buffered input. 100Useful if the file is changing while it is being viewed. 101.IP "F" 102Scroll forward, and keep trying to read when the 103end of file is reached. --- 440 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 544The number may be negative to specify a line relative to the bottom 545of the screen: the bottom line on the screen is -1, the second 546to the bottom is -2, and so on. 547If the -j option is used, searches begin at the line immediately 548after the target line. 549For example, if "-j4" is used, the target line is the 550fourth line on the screen, so searches begin at the fifth line 551on the screen. | 99.IP "r or ^R or ^L" 100Repaint the screen. 101.IP R 102Repaint the screen, discarding any buffered input. 103Useful if the file is changing while it is being viewed. 104.IP "F" 105Scroll forward, and keep trying to read when the 106end of file is reached. --- 440 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 547The number may be negative to specify a line relative to the bottom 548of the screen: the bottom line on the screen is -1, the second 549to the bottom is -2, and so on. 550If the -j option is used, searches begin at the line immediately 551after the target line. 552For example, if "-j4" is used, the target line is the 553fourth line on the screen, so searches begin at the fifth line 554on the screen. |
| 555.IP "-J or --status-column" 556Displays a status column at the left edge of the screen. 557The status column is used only if the -w or -W option is in effect. |
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| 552.IP "-k\fIfilename\fP or --lesskey-file=\fIfilename\fP" 553Causes 554.I less 555to open and interpret the named file as a 556.I lesskey 557(1) file. 558Multiple -k options may be specified. 559If the LESSKEY or LESSKEY_SYSTEM environment variable is set, or --- 162 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 722.I less. 723.IP "-w or --hilite-unread" 724Temporarily highlights the first "new" line after a forward movement 725of a full page. 726The first "new" line is the line immediately following the line previously 727at the bottom of the screen. 728Also highlights the target line after a g or p command. 729The highlight is removed at the next command which causes movement. | 558.IP "-k\fIfilename\fP or --lesskey-file=\fIfilename\fP" 559Causes 560.I less 561to open and interpret the named file as a 562.I lesskey 563(1) file. 564Multiple -k options may be specified. 565If the LESSKEY or LESSKEY_SYSTEM environment variable is set, or --- 162 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 728.I less. 729.IP "-w or --hilite-unread" 730Temporarily highlights the first "new" line after a forward movement 731of a full page. 732The first "new" line is the line immediately following the line previously 733at the bottom of the screen. 734Also highlights the target line after a g or p command. 735The highlight is removed at the next command which causes movement. |
| 736The entire line is highlighted, unless the -J option is in effect, 737in which case only the status column is highlighted. |
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| 730.IP "-W or --HILITE-UNREAD" 731Like -w, but temporarily highlights the first new line after any 732forward movement command larger than one line. 733.IP "-x\fIn\fP or --tabs=\fIn\fP" 734Sets tab stops every \fIn\fP positions. 735The default for \fIn\fP is 8. 736.IP "-X or --no-init" 737Disables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization strings --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 771and the close quote to the second character. 772Filenames containing a space should then be preceded by the open quote 773character and followed by the close quote character. 774Note that even after the quote characters are changed, this option 775remains -" (a dash followed by a double quote). 776.IP "-~ or --tilde" 777Normally lines after end of file are displayed as a single tilde (~). 778This option causes lines after end of file to be displayed as blank lines. | 738.IP "-W or --HILITE-UNREAD" 739Like -w, but temporarily highlights the first new line after any 740forward movement command larger than one line. 741.IP "-x\fIn\fP or --tabs=\fIn\fP" 742Sets tab stops every \fIn\fP positions. 743The default for \fIn\fP is 8. 744.IP "-X or --no-init" 745Disables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization strings --- 33 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 779and the close quote to the second character. 780Filenames containing a space should then be preceded by the open quote 781character and followed by the close quote character. 782Note that even after the quote characters are changed, this option 783remains -" (a dash followed by a double quote). 784.IP "-~ or --tilde" 785Normally lines after end of file are displayed as a single tilde (~). 786This option causes lines after end of file to be displayed as blank lines. |
| 787.IP "-# or --shift" 788Specifies the default number of positions to scroll horizontally 789in the RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. 790If the number specified is zero, it sets the default number of 791positions to one half of the screen width. |
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| 779.IP -- 780A command line argument of "--" marks the end of option arguments. 781Any arguments following this are interpreted as filenames. 782This can be useful when viewing a file whose name begins with a "-" or "+". 783.IP + 784If a command line option begins with \fB+\fP, 785the remainder of that option is taken to be an initial command to 786.I less. --- 716 unchanged lines hidden --- | 792.IP -- 793A command line argument of "--" marks the end of option arguments. 794Any arguments following this are interpreted as filenames. 795This can be useful when viewing a file whose name begins with a "-" or "+". 796.IP + 797If a command line option begins with \fB+\fP, 798the remainder of that option is taken to be an initial command to 799.I less. --- 716 unchanged lines hidden --- |