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The less command is used to view text files in Linux. It allows viewing files page by page using spacebar/page down and scrolling line by line with arrow keys. The q key quits less. Less is useful because many Linux configuration and script files are text-based.

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Less PDF

The less command is used to view text files in Linux. It allows viewing files page by page using spacebar/page down and scrolling line by line with arrow keys. The q key quits less. Less is useful because many Linux configuration and script files are text-based.

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less

The less command is a program to view text files.
● Example

If you want to view a text file named myfile
less myfile
● If you want to quit viewing the file, Just press q

and this will close less.
● Why are we so interested in viewing text files ?

Because many of the system configuration files are text­
based, and even scripts that are used by the system to 
automate tasks are also text­based files.Basically, Most 
of the files in Linux are text­based files.

 
less commands
key Action

Spacebar 
or   Next page
Page down
b
or Previous page
Page up
Up arrow Scroll up one line

Down arrow Scroll down one line

G Move to the end of the text file

g Move to the beginning of the text file

/text Search Forward to the next occurence of text

n Search for the next occurence of the previous search

h Display help screen

q Quit less

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