Isn’t less just more?
When I do more filename and less filename, it would seem that the resulting terminals are quite similar. I can navigate and search through my files identically (j, Space, /pattern, etc.).
When I do more filename and less filename, it would seem that the resulting terminals are quite similar. I can navigate and search through my files identically (j, Space, /pattern, etc.).
On a Debian system, one can type pager in order to use whatever pager program happens to be default/available. By default, less is used, and if not available, the lesser more gets to do the job. Is such a thing available in other Unix and Linux systems?
I’m now using Arch Linux, and find a command most works like more and less. To understand the differences between them is a confusing problem. The question Isn’t less just more? mentions the differences between less and more. Do you know the differences on color performance, shortcuts and ability moving forward and backward?
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