| less.hlp (a9b091fcb81006f831f904cbf9820609481c23d9) | less.hlp (96e55cc72dd4e73f9c43872899beb615aeeed4b6) |
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| 1 2 SSUUMMMMAARRYY OOFF LLEESSSS CCOOMMMMAANNDDSS 3 4 Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, _N. 5 Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if _N is given. | 1 2 SSUUMMMMAARRYY OOFF LLEESSSS CCOOMMMMAANNDDSS 3 4 Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, _N. 5 Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if _N is given. |
| 6 A key preceded by a carat indicates the Ctrl key; thus ^K is ctrl-K. |
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| 6 7 h H Display this help. 8 q :q Q :Q ZZ Exit. 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 11 MMOOVVIINNGG 12 13 e ^E j ^N CR * Forward one line (or _N lines). --- 21 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 35 ?_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Search backward for (_N-th) matching line. 36 n * Repeat previous search (for _N-th occurrence). 37 N * Repeat previous search in reverse direction. 38 ESC-n * Repeat previous search, spanning files. 39 ESC-N * Repeat previous search, reverse dir. & spanning files. 40 ESC-u Undo (toggle) search highlighting. 41 &_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Display only matching lines 42 --------------------------------------------------- | 7 8 h H Display this help. 9 q :q Q :Q ZZ Exit. 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 12 MMOOVVIINNGG 13 14 e ^E j ^N CR * Forward one line (or _N lines). --- 21 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 36 ?_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Search backward for (_N-th) matching line. 37 n * Repeat previous search (for _N-th occurrence). 38 N * Repeat previous search in reverse direction. 39 ESC-n * Repeat previous search, spanning files. 40 ESC-N * Repeat previous search, reverse dir. & spanning files. 41 ESC-u Undo (toggle) search highlighting. 42 &_p_a_t_t_e_r_n * Display only matching lines 43 --------------------------------------------------- |
| 43 Search patterns may be modified by one or more of: | 44 A search pattern may be preceded by one or more of: |
| 44 ^N or ! Search for NON-matching lines. 45 ^E or * Search multiple files (pass thru END OF FILE). 46 ^F or @ Start search at FIRST file (for /) or last file (for ?). 47 ^K Highlight matches, but don't move (KEEP position). 48 ^R Don't use REGULAR EXPRESSIONS. 49 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 51 JJUUMMPPIINNGG --- 54 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 106 Most options may be changed either on the command line, 107 or from within less by using the - or -- command. 108 Options may be given in one of two forms: either a single 109 character preceded by a -, or a name preceeded by --. 110 111 -? ........ --help 112 Display help (from command line). 113 -a ........ --search-skip-screen | 45 ^N or ! Search for NON-matching lines. 46 ^E or * Search multiple files (pass thru END OF FILE). 47 ^F or @ Start search at FIRST file (for /) or last file (for ?). 48 ^K Highlight matches, but don't move (KEEP position). 49 ^R Don't use REGULAR EXPRESSIONS. 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 52 JJUUMMPPIINNGG --- 54 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 107 Most options may be changed either on the command line, 108 or from within less by using the - or -- command. 109 Options may be given in one of two forms: either a single 110 character preceded by a -, or a name preceeded by --. 111 112 -? ........ --help 113 Display help (from command line). 114 -a ........ --search-skip-screen |
| 114 Forward search skips current screen. | 115 Search skips current screen. |
| 115 -A ........ --SEARCH-SKIP-SCREEN | 116 -A ........ --SEARCH-SKIP-SCREEN |
| 116 Forward search always skips target line. | 117 Search starts just after target line. |
| 117 -b [_N] .... --buffers=[_N] 118 Number of buffers. 119 -B ........ --auto-buffers 120 Don't automatically allocate buffers for pipes. 121 -c ........ --clear-screen 122 Repaint by clearing rather than scrolling. 123 -d ........ --dumb 124 Dumb terminal. --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 164 Define new prompt. 165 -q -Q .... --quiet --QUIET --silent --SILENT 166 Quiet the terminal bell. 167 -r -R .... --raw-control-chars --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS 168 Output "raw" control characters. 169 -s ........ --squeeze-blank-lines 170 Squeeze multiple blank lines. 171 -S ........ --chop-long-lines | 118 -b [_N] .... --buffers=[_N] 119 Number of buffers. 120 -B ........ --auto-buffers 121 Don't automatically allocate buffers for pipes. 122 -c ........ --clear-screen 123 Repaint by clearing rather than scrolling. 124 -d ........ --dumb 125 Dumb terminal. --- 39 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 165 Define new prompt. 166 -q -Q .... --quiet --QUIET --silent --SILENT 167 Quiet the terminal bell. 168 -r -R .... --raw-control-chars --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS 169 Output "raw" control characters. 170 -s ........ --squeeze-blank-lines 171 Squeeze multiple blank lines. 172 -S ........ --chop-long-lines |
| 172 Chop long lines. | 173 Chop (truncate) long lines rather than wrapping. |
| 173 -t [_t_a_g] .. --tag=[_t_a_g] 174 Find a tag. 175 -T [_t_a_g_s_f_i_l_e] --tag-file=[_t_a_g_s_f_i_l_e] 176 Use an alternate tags file. 177 -u -U .... --underline-special --UNDERLINE-SPECIAL 178 Change handling of backspaces. 179 -V ........ --version 180 Display the version number of "less". 181 -w ........ --hilite-unread 182 Highlight first new line after forward-screen. 183 -W ........ --HILITE-UNREAD 184 Highlight first new line after any forward movement. 185 -x [_N[,...]] --tabs=[_N[,...]] 186 Set tab stops. 187 -X ........ --no-init 188 Don't use termcap init/deinit strings. | 174 -t [_t_a_g] .. --tag=[_t_a_g] 175 Find a tag. 176 -T [_t_a_g_s_f_i_l_e] --tag-file=[_t_a_g_s_f_i_l_e] 177 Use an alternate tags file. 178 -u -U .... --underline-special --UNDERLINE-SPECIAL 179 Change handling of backspaces. 180 -V ........ --version 181 Display the version number of "less". 182 -w ........ --hilite-unread 183 Highlight first new line after forward-screen. 184 -W ........ --HILITE-UNREAD 185 Highlight first new line after any forward movement. 186 -x [_N[,...]] --tabs=[_N[,...]] 187 Set tab stops. 188 -X ........ --no-init 189 Don't use termcap init/deinit strings. |
| 189 --no-keypad 190 Don't use termcap keypad init/deinit strings. | |
| 191 -y [_N] .... --max-forw-scroll=[_N] 192 Forward scroll limit. 193 -z [_N] .... --window=[_N] 194 Set size of window. 195 -" [_c[_c]] . --quotes=[_c[_c]] 196 Set shell quote characters. 197 -~ ........ --tilde 198 Don't display tildes after end of file. 199 -# [_N] .... --shift=[_N] 200 Horizontal scroll amount (0 = one half screen width) 201 ........ --no-keypad | 190 -y [_N] .... --max-forw-scroll=[_N] 191 Forward scroll limit. 192 -z [_N] .... --window=[_N] 193 Set size of window. 194 -" [_c[_c]] . --quotes=[_c[_c]] 195 Set shell quote characters. 196 -~ ........ --tilde 197 Don't display tildes after end of file. 198 -# [_N] .... --shift=[_N] 199 Horizontal scroll amount (0 = one half screen width) 200 ........ --no-keypad |
| 202 Don't send keypad init/deinit sequence. | 201 Don't send termcap keypad init/deinit strings. |
| 203 ........ --follow-name 204 The F command changes files if the input file is renamed. 205 206 207 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 208 209 LLIINNEE EEDDIITTIINNGG 210 211 These keys can be used to edit text being entered 212 on the "command line" at the bottom of the screen. 213 214 RightArrow ESC-l Move cursor right one character. 215 LeftArrow ESC-h Move cursor left one character. | 202 ........ --follow-name 203 The F command changes files if the input file is renamed. 204 205 206 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 207 208 LLIINNEE EEDDIITTIINNGG 209 210 These keys can be used to edit text being entered 211 on the "command line" at the bottom of the screen. 212 213 RightArrow ESC-l Move cursor right one character. 214 LeftArrow ESC-h Move cursor left one character. |
| 216 CNTL-RightArrow ESC-RightArrow ESC-w Move cursor right one word. 217 CNTL-LeftArrow ESC-LeftArrow ESC-b Move cursor left one word. | 215 ctrl-RightArrow ESC-RightArrow ESC-w Move cursor right one word. 216 ctrl-LeftArrow ESC-LeftArrow ESC-b Move cursor left one word. |
| 218 HOME ESC-0 Move cursor to start of line. 219 END ESC-$ Move cursor to end of line. 220 BACKSPACE Delete char to left of cursor. 221 DELETE ESC-x Delete char under cursor. | 217 HOME ESC-0 Move cursor to start of line. 218 END ESC-$ Move cursor to end of line. 219 BACKSPACE Delete char to left of cursor. 220 DELETE ESC-x Delete char under cursor. |
| 222 CNTL-BACKSPACE ESC-BACKSPACE Delete word to left of cursor. 223 CNTL-DELETE ESC-DELETE ESC-X Delete word under cursor. 224 CNTL-U ESC (MS-DOS only) Delete entire line. | 221 ctrl-BACKSPACE ESC-BACKSPACE Delete word to left of cursor. 222 ctrl-DELETE ESC-DELETE ESC-X Delete word under cursor. 223 ctrl-U ESC (MS-DOS only) Delete entire line. |
| 225 UpArrow ESC-k Retrieve previous command line. 226 DownArrow ESC-j Retrieve next command line. 227 TAB Complete filename & cycle. 228 SHIFT-TAB ESC-TAB Complete filename & reverse cycle. | 224 UpArrow ESC-k Retrieve previous command line. 225 DownArrow ESC-j Retrieve next command line. 226 TAB Complete filename & cycle. 227 SHIFT-TAB ESC-TAB Complete filename & reverse cycle. |
| 229 CNTL-L Complete filename, list all. | 228 ctrl-L Complete filename, list all. |
| 230 231 | 229 230 |