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- Commands marked with * may be preceeded by a number, N.
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- H Display this help.
- q Exit.
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- f, SPACE * Forward N lines, default one screen.
- b * Backward N lines, default one screen.
- e, j, CR * Forward N lines, default 1 line.
- y, k * Backward N lines, default 1 line.
- d * Forward N lines, default half screen or last N to d/u.
- u * Backward N lines, default half screen or last N to d/u.
- r Repaint screen.
- R Repaint screen, discarding buffered input.
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- /pattern * Search forward for N-th line containing the pattern.
- ?pattern * Search backward for N-th line containing the pattern.
- n * Repeat previous search (for N-th occurence).
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- g * Go to line N, default 1.
- G * Like g, but default is last line in file.
- p, % * Position to N percent into the file.
- m<letter> Mark the current position with <letter>.
- '<letter> Return to a previously marked position.
- '' Return to previous position.
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- E [file] Examine a new file.
- N * Examine the next file (from the command line).
- P * Examine the previous file (from the command line).
- = Print current file name.
- V Print version number of "less".
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- -<flag> Toggle a command line flag.
- _<flag> Display the setting of a command line flag.
- +cmd Execute the less cmd each time a new file is examined.
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- !command Passes the command to the system to be executed (by $SHELL).
- v Edit the current file (with $EDITOR).
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