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Text Processing

View file contents with pagination

Examples

Common usage examples

View file with pagination

less file.txt

Follow file (similar to tail -f)

less +F /var/log/syslog

Notes

Press 'q' to quit
Use arrow keys or Page Up/Down to navigate
Press '/' to search, 'n' for next match
Press 'g' to go to beginning, 'G' to go to end

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