less

Paged file viewer (allows backward scrolling).

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Verified: 2025-09-09

Syntax

$less [OPTIONEN] [DATEI]

Examples

$less datei.txt

$less +G datei.txt

Typical use cases

Standard usage

less --help

Note More feature-rich than more. Press 'q' to quit.

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