Understanding ‘less’ command in Linux

Among other important commands that Linux Hosting offers to the professionals, ‘less’ is pivotal one. These commands are used to execute the function quite properly. With these functions, manual overhead of the operations can easily be managed.

The command less:

• Displays a file, allowing forward/backward movement within it.
• Use “/” to search for a string in the file.
• Press “q” to quit.

Syntax: $ less [options]filename

Options:

-c : clears the screen before displaying
+n : starts printing from nth line