One day a Linux base command to view the contents of the file less

Less View File contents

1 , command format

Less [options] file ...

2 command function

linux less commands are used primarily to browse the contents of a file, and more command is similar in usage, unlike more command, less command to go back to the part of the view .

Lesscompared to the use of Moremore resilient. In the More, we have no way to turn to the front,can only look back, but if used Less, you can use[PageUp]| [b][PageDown]| [Space]functions such as buttons to go back and forth to look at the file, more easily used to view the contents of a file! In addition, Lessinside you can have more search function, not only to search down, but also to search upward.

3 , command parameters

- I.: Ignore Case

Flip Screen:

space bar | [F] : Turn a screen at the end of the file;

b : Flip a screen to the file header;

Enter | [j] : Flip a line to the end of the file;

k : To flip a line to the file header;

D : Turn half screen at the end of the file;

u : Turn half screen to file header;

Text Search: Case sensitive

/keyword : Search the tail of the file;

? keyword : Search the file header;

                      N : The same direction as the search command ( next )

                      N : In the opposite direction of the search command ( previous )

&/pattern- displays only the rows of the matching pattern, not the entire file

Quick Jump:

                       quick jump to file header 1g | g Span style= "font-family: ' The song Body '; Color:rgb (51,51,51); background: #FFFFFF;" ;

                       quick jump to end of file g Span style= "font-family: ' The song Body '; Color:rgb (51,51,51); background: #FFFFFF;" ;

editing files using the vi Editor : v

Multiple files viewed at the same time

Lessfile1 file2 ...

: N Next File

:p Previous File

Tag Navigation

When you use less to view large files, you can mark them in any one place, and you can navigate to the text location labeled with a specific tag by command:

Ma- use A to mark the current position of the text

' A- Navigate to mark a

Exit file

q| ZZ: Exit;

4 , command instance:

1 , view files

command: Less test

[[email protected] ~]# cat test 123123456123[[email protected] ~]# less test 123123456123test (END)

Example 2 , multiple files are viewed at the same time

command: Less test test2

[[email protected] ~]# cat test Test2123123123456123234234234567[[email protected] ~]#[[email protected] ~]# less test tes T2123123123456123test (file 1 of 2) (END)-Next:test2[[email protected] ~]# less test test2123123123456123:n...skipping ... 234234234567test2 (file 2 of 2) (END)

Description

Input: N, switch to Test2

After entering: p, switch to test

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One day a Linux base command to view the contents of the file less