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SUMMARY OF COMMANDS
Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, _N.
Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if _N is given.
h H Display this help.
q :q :Q ZZ Exit.
e ^E j ^N CR * Forward one line (or _N lines).
y ^Y k ^K ^P * Backward one line (or _N lines).
f ^F ^V SPACE * Forward one window (or _N lines).
b ^B ESC-v * Backward one window (or _N lines).
z * Forward one window (and set window to _N).
w * Backward one window (and set window to _N).
d ^D * Forward one half-window (and set half-window to _N).
u ^U * Backward one half-window (and set half-window to _N).
F Forward forever; like "tail -f".
r ^R ^L Repaint screen.
R Repaint screen, discarding buffered input.
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Default "window" is the screen height.
Default "half-window" is half of the screen height.
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/_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Search forward for (_N-th) matching line.
?_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Search backward for (_N-th) matching line.
n * Repeat previous search (for _N-th occurrence).
N * Repeat previous search in reverse direction.
ESC-n * Repeat previous search, spanning files.
ESC-N * Repeat previous search, reverse dir. & spanning files.
ESC-u Undo (toggle) search highlighting.
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Search patterns may be modified by one or more of:
! search for NON-matching lines.
* search multiple files.
@ start search at first file (for /) or last file (for ?).
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g < ESC-< * Go to first line in file (or line _N).
G > ESC-> * Go to last line in file (or line _N).
p % * Go to beginning of file (or _N percent into file).
{ * Go to the } matching the (_N-th) { in the top line.
} * Go to the { matching the (_N-th) } in the bottom line.
( * Go to the ) matching the (_N-th) ( in the top line.
) * Go to the ( matching the (_N-th) ) in the bottom line.
[ * Go to the ] matching the (_N-th) [ in the top line.
] * Go to the [ matching the (_N-th) ] in the bottom line.
ESC-^F _<_c_1_> _<_c_2_> * Go to the _c_1 matching the (_N-th) _c_2 in the top line
ESC-^B _<_c_1_> _<_c_2_> * Go to the _c_2 matching the (_N-th) _c_1 in the bottom line.
m_<_l_e_t_t_e_r_> Mark the current position with <letter>.
'_<_l_e_t_t_e_r_> Go to a previously marked position.
'' Go to the previous position.
^X^X Same as '.
:e [_f_i_l_e] Examine a new file.
^X^V Same as :e.
:n * Examine the (_N-th) next file from the command line.
:p * Examine the (_N-th) previous file from the command line.
:x * Examine the first (or _N-th) file from the command line.
= ^G :f Print current file name.
V Print version number of "less".
-_<_f_l_a_g_> Toggle a command line flag [see FLAGS below].
__<_f_l_a_g_> Display the setting of a command line flag.
+_c_m_d Execute the less cmd each time a new file is examined.
!_c_o_m_m_a_n_d Passes the command to $SHELL to be executed.
|XX_c_o_m_m_a_n_d Pipe file between current pos & mark XX to shell command.
v Edit the current file with $VISUAL or $EDITOR.
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FLAGS
Most flags may be changed either on the command line,
or from within less by using the - command.
-? Display help (from command line).
-a Forward search skips current screen.
-b [_N] Number of buffers.
-B Don't automatically allocate buffers for pipes.
-c -C Repaint by scrolling/clearing.
-d Dumb terminal.
-e -E Quit at end of file.
-f Force open non-regular files.
-g Don't highlight matches for previous search pattern.
-G Highlight ALL matches for previous search pattern.
-h [_N] Backward scroll limit.
-i Ignore case in searches.
-I Ignore case in searches and in search patterns.
-j [_N] Screen position of target lines.
-k [_f_i_l_e] Use a lesskey file.
-m -M Set prompt style.
-n -N Use line numbers.
-o [_f_i_l_e] Log file.
-O [_f_i_l_e] Log file (unconditionally overwrite).
-p [_p_a_t_t_e_r_n] Start at pattern (from command line).
-P [_p_r_o_m_p_t] Define new prompt.
-q -Q Quiet the terminal bell.
-r Output "raw" control characters.
-s Squeeze multiple blank lines.
-S Chop long lines.
-t [_t_a_g] Find a tag.
-T [_t_a_g_s_f_i_l_e] Use an alternate tags file.
-u -U Change handling of backspaces.
-V Display the version number of "less".
-w Display ~ for lines after end-of-file.
-x [_N] Set tab stops.
-X Don't use termcap init/deinit strings.
-y [_N] Forward scroll limit.
-z [_N] Set size of window.
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