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less Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Navigation

j
Forward 1 line (or N lines)
k
Backward 1 line (or N lines)
d
Forward ½ screen
u
Backward ½ screen
f
Forward 1 screen (Page Down)
b
Backward 1 screen (Page Up)
 

Follow

less +F filena­me.txt
Follow like "tail -f" (^+C to stop)
F
Start following like "tail -f"
 

Search

/pattern
Find pattern forward
5 + /pattern
Find 5th match
?pattern
Find pattern backward
5 + ?pattern
Find 5th match backward
n
Repeat previous search
5 + n
Repeat previous search 5 times
N
Repeat previous search in reverse direction
5 + N
Repeat previous search in reverse 5 times

Search

/pattern
Find pattern forward
5 + /pattern
Find 5th match
?pattern
Find pattern backward
5 + ?pattern
Find 5th match backward
n
Repeat previous search
5 + n
Repeat previous search 5 times
N
Repeat previous search in reverse direction
5 + N
Repeat previous search in reverse 5 times