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Created October 12, 2014 06:17
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less commands

less commands

type capital G: go to end of file type small g: go to beginning of file type ?: enter reverse search type /: enter forward search

e.g.

g /

will go to beginning of file and enter a forward search

g /error

will go to beginnign of file and find the first instance of 'error' and take you there

hit / and then up arrow to repeat the same search over and over till you find what you want

you can also do:

G ?error

to go to end of file and search backwards

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