Editing Less (Unix) (section)

===Frequently used commands===

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! Key
! Command
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! {{Key press|Space bar}}
| Next Page
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! {{Key press|d}}
| Next half Page
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! {{Key press|b}}
| Previous Page
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! {{Key press|u}}
| Previous half Page
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! {{Key press|v}}
| Edit Content
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! {{Key press|j}} <span style="font-weight: normal;">or</span> {{Key press|Enter}}
| Next Line
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! {{Key press|k}}
| Previous Line
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! {{Key press|Home}}
| Top of file
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! {{Key press|End}}
| End of file
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! {{Key press|F}}
| Follow Mode (for expanding logs or pipes). Interrupt (or from v581 {{Key press|Ctrl|X}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.581.html|title=Less version 581|publisher=Greenwood Software|date=7 April 2021|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>) to abort.
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! {{Key press|g}} <span style="font-weight: normal;">or</span> {{Key press|<}}
| First Line
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! {{Key press|G}} <span style="font-weight: normal;">or</span> {{Key press|>}}
| Last Line
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! <code>{{angbr|n}}</code>{{Key press|G}}
| Line <code>{{angbr|n}}</code>
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! {{Key press|/}}<code>{{angbr|text}}</code>
| Forward Search for <code>{{angbr|text}}</code>. Text is interpreted as a [[Regular expression|regex]].
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! {{Key press|?}}<code>{{angbr|text}}</code>
| Backward Search like {{Key press|/}}
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! {{Key press|&}}<code>{{angbr|text}}</code>
| [[grep]] like filter
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! {{Key press|n}}
| Next Search Match
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! {{Key press|N}}
| Previous Search Match
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! {{Key press|Esc}}{{Key press|u}}
| Turn off Match Highlighting (see <code>-g</code> command line option)
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! {{Key press|-}}<code>{{angbr|c}}</code>
| Toggle option <code>{{angbr|c}}</code>, e.g., {{Key press|-}}{{Key press|i}} toggles option to match case in searches
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! {{Key press|m}}<code>{{angbr|c}}</code>
| Set Mark <code>{{angbr|c}}</code>
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! {{Key press|'}}<code>{{angbr|c}}</code>
| Go to Mark <code>{{angbr|c}}</code>
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! {{Key press|{{=}}}} <span style="font-weight: normal;">or</span> {{Key press|Ctrl|G}}
| File information
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! {{Key press|:}}{{Key press|n}}
| Next file
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! {{Key press|:}}{{Key press|p}}
| Previous file
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! {{Key press|h}}
| Help. This is presented with <code>less</code>, {{Key press|q}} to quit.
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! {{Key press|q}}
| Quit
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