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less
Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search.
- Open a file:
less {{source_file}}
- Page down / up:
<Space> (down), b (up)
- Go to end / start of file:
G (end), g (start)
- Forward search for a string (press
n
/N
to go to next/previous match):
/{{something}}
- Backward search for a string (press
n
/N
to go to next/previous match):
?{{something}}
- Open the current file in an editor:
v
- Exit:
q
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