Summary of SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS

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           Summary of SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS

 -<letter>            Toggle a command line option [see OPTIONS below].
 <number>             Set N by entering number before command.

                      MOVING
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 e  j  ↓  <return>    Forward one line (or N lines).
 y  k  ↑              Backward one line (or N lines).
 f        <space>     Forward one window (or N lines).
 b                    Backward one window (or N lines).
 →                    Right one half screen width (or N positions).
 ←                    Left one half screen width (or N positions).
 ⌥}                   Right to last column displayed.
 ⌥{                   Left to first column.

                      SEARCHING
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 /pattern             Search forward for (N-th) matching line.
 ?pattern             Search backward for (N-th) matching line.
 n                    Repeat previous search (for N-th occurrence).
 N                    Repeat previous search in reverse direction.
 &pattern             Display only matching lines

                      JUMPING
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 g                    Go to first line in file (or line N).
 G                    Go to last line in file (or line N).
 p  %                 Go to beginning of file (or N percent into file).
 m<letter>            Mark the current position with any letter.
 '<letter>            Go to a previously marked position.

                      FILES
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 :e <file>            Examine a new file.
 :n                   Examine (N-th) next file from the command line.
 :p                   Examine (N-th) previous file from the command line.
 :x                   Examine first (or N-th) file from the command line.
 :d                   Delete the current file from the command line list.
 =  ^G                Print current file name.
 s <file>             Save input to a file.
 v                    Edit the current file with $VISUAL or $EDITOR.

                      DISPLAY
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 r                    Refresh screen.
 R                    Refresh screen, discarding buffered input.
 ⌥u                   Toggle search highlighting.

                      OPTIONS
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 -e                   Quit at end of file.
 -g                   Highlight only last match for searches.
 -G                   Don't highlight any matches for searches.
 -i                   Ignore case in searches that do not contain uppercase.
 -I                   Ignore case in all searches.
 -J                   Display a status column at left edge of screen.
 -m                   Medium prompt.
 -M                   Long prompt.
 -n                   Use line numbers.
 -N                   Always show line numbers.
 -R                   Raw control characters. (Don't strip ANSI color)
 -s                   Squeeze multiple blank lines.
 -S                   Toggle line wrapping.
 -x                   Set tab stops.