=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/less/less.1,v retrieving revision 1.35 retrieving revision 1.36 diff -u -r1.35 -r1.36 --- src/usr.bin/less/less.1 2014/05/01 18:53:22 1.35 +++ src/usr.bin/less/less.1 2014/05/01 18:59:15 1.36 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: less.1,v 1.35 2014/05/01 18:53:22 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: less.1,v 1.36 2014/05/01 18:59:15 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1984-2012 Mark Nudelman .\" @@ -81,377 +81,7 @@ Commands may be preceded by a decimal number, called N in the descriptions below. The number is used by some commands, as indicated. -.Sh COMMANDS -In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X. -ESC stands for the ESCAPE key; for example ESC-v means the -two character sequence "ESCAPE", then "v". -.Bl -tag -width XXXX -.It Ic h | H -Help: display a summary of these commands. -If you forget all the other commands, remember this one. -.It Ic SPACE | ^V | f | ^F -Scroll forward N lines, default one window (see option -z below). -If N is more than the screen size, only the final screenful is displayed. -Warning: some systems use ^V as a special literalization character. -.It Ic z -Like SPACE, but if N is specified, it becomes the new window size. -.It Ic ESC-SPACE -Like SPACE, but scrolls a full screenful, even if it reaches -end-of-file in the process. -.It Ic ENTER | RETURN | ^N | e | ^E | j | ^J -Scroll forward N lines, default 1. -The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size. -.It Ic d | ^D -Scroll forward N lines, default one half of the screen size. -If N is specified, it becomes the new default for subsequent d and u commands. -.It Ic b | ^B | ESC-v -Scroll backward N lines, default one window (see option -z below). -If N is more than the screen size, only the final screenful is displayed. -.It Ic w -Like ESC-v, but if N is specified, it becomes the new window size. -.It Ic y | ^Y | ^P | k | ^K -Scroll backward N lines, default 1. -The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size. -Warning: some systems use ^Y as a special job control character. -.It Ic u | ^U -Scroll backward N lines, default one half of the screen size. -If N is specified, it becomes the new default for subsequent d and u commands. -.It Ic ESC-) | RIGHTARROW -Scroll horizontally right N characters, default half the screen width -(see the -# option). -If a number N is specified, it becomes the default for future -RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. -While the text is scrolled, it acts as though the -S option (chop lines) -were in effect. -.It Ic ESC-( | LEFTARROW -Scroll horizontally left N -characters, default half the screen width (see the -# option). -If a number N is specified, it becomes the default for future -RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. -.It Ic r | ^R | ^L -Repaint the screen. -.It Ic R -Repaint the screen, discarding any buffered input. -Useful if the file is changing while it is being viewed. -.It Ic F -Scroll forward, and keep trying to read when the end of file is reached. -Normally this command would be used when already at the end of the file. -It is a way to monitor the tail of a file which is growing -while it is being viewed. -(The behavior is similar to the "tail -f" command.) -.It Ic ESC-F -Like F, but as soon as a line is found which matches -the last search pattern, the terminal bell is rung -and forward scrolling stops. -.It Ic g | < | ESC-< -Go to line N in the file, default 1 (beginning of file). -(Warning: this may be slow if N is large.) -.It Ic G | > | ESC-> -Go to line N in the file, default the end of the file. -(Warning: this may be slow if N is large, -or if N is not specified and standard input, rather than a file, -is being read.) -.It Ic p | % -Go to a position N percent into the file. -N should be between 0 and 100, and may contain a decimal point. -.It Ic P -Go to the line containing byte offset N in the file. -.It Ic { -If a left curly bracket appears in the top line displayed -on the screen, the { command will go to the matching right curly bracket. -The matching right curly bracket is positioned on the bottom -line of the screen. -If there is more than one left curly bracket on the top line, a number N -may be used to specify the N-th bracket on the line. -.It Ic } -If a right curly bracket appears in the bottom line displayed on the screen, -the } command will go to the matching left curly bracket. -The matching left curly bracket is positioned on the top -line of the screen. -If there is more than one right curly bracket on the top line, -a number N may be used to specify the N-th bracket on the line. -.It Ic \&( -Like {, but applies to parentheses rather than curly brackets. -.It Ic \&) -Like }, but applies to parentheses rather than curly brackets. -.It Ic \&[ -Like {, but applies to square brackets rather than curly brackets. -.It Ic \&] -Like }, but applies to square brackets rather than curly brackets. -.It Ic ESC-^F -Followed by two characters, acts like {, -but uses the two characters as open and close brackets, respectively. -For example, "ESC ^F < >" could be used to -go forward to the > which matches the < in the top displayed line. -.It Ic ESC-^B -Followed by two characters, acts like }, -but uses the two characters as open and close brackets, respectively. -For example, "ESC ^B < >" could be used to -go backward to the < which matches the > in the bottom displayed line. -.It Ic m -Followed by any lowercase letter, marks the current position with that letter. -.It Ic ' -(Single quote.) -Followed by any lowercase letter, returns to the position which -was previously marked with that letter. -Followed by another single quote, returns to the position at -which the last "large" movement command was executed. -Followed by a ^ or $, jumps to the beginning or end of the file respectively. -Marks are preserved when a new file is examined, -so the ' command can be used to switch between input files. -.It Ic ^X^X -Same as single quote. -.It Ic /pattern -Search forward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern. -N defaults to 1. -The pattern is a regular expression, as recognized by -the regular expression library supplied by your system. -The search starts at the first line displayed -(but see the -a and -j options, which change this). .Pp -Certain characters are special if entered at the beginning of the pattern; -they modify the type of search rather than become part of the pattern: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Ic ^N | \&! -Search for lines which do NOT match the pattern. -.It Ic ^E | * -Search multiple files. -That is, if the search reaches the END of the current file -without finding a match, -the search continues in the next file in the command line list. -.It Ic ^F | @ -Begin the search at the first line of the FIRST file -in the command line list, -regardless of what is currently displayed on the screen -or the settings of the -a or -j options. -.It Ic ^K -Highlight any text which matches the pattern on the current screen, -but don't move to the first match (KEEP current position). -.It Ic ^R -Don't interpret regular expression metacharacters; -that is, do a simple textual comparison. -.El -.It Ic ?pattern -Search backward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern. -The search starts at the line immediately before the top line displayed. -.Pp -Certain characters are special, as in the / command: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Ic ^N | \&! -Search for lines which do NOT match the pattern. -.It Ic ^E | * -Search multiple files. -That is, if the search reaches the beginning of the current file -without finding a match, -the search continues in the previous file in the command line list. -.It Ic ^F | @ -Begin the search at the last line of the last file -in the command line list, -regardless of what is currently displayed on the screen -or the settings of the -a or -j options. -.It Ic ^K -As in forward searches. -.It Ic ^R -As in forward searches. -.El -.It Ic ESC-/pattern -Same as "/*". -.It Ic ESC-?pattern -Same as "?*". -.It Ic n -Repeat previous search, for N-th line containing the last pattern. -If the previous search was modified by ^N, the search is made for the -N-th line NOT containing the pattern. -If the previous search was modified by ^E, the search continues -in the next (or previous) file if not satisfied in the current file. -If the previous search was modified by ^R, the search is done -without using regular expressions. -There is no effect if the previous search was modified by ^F or ^K. -.It Ic N -Repeat previous search, but in the reverse direction. -.It Ic ESC-n -Repeat previous search, but crossing file boundaries. -The effect is as if the previous search were modified by *. -.It Ic ESC-N -Repeat previous search, but in the reverse direction -and crossing file boundaries. -.It Ic ESC-u -Undo search highlighting. -Turn off highlighting of strings matching the current search pattern. -If highlighting is already off because of a previous ESC-u command, -turn highlighting back on. -Any search command will also turn highlighting back on. -(Highlighting can also be disabled by toggling the -G option; -in that case search commands do not turn highlighting back on.) -.It Ic &pattern -Display only lines which match the pattern; -lines which do not match the pattern are not displayed. -If pattern is empty (if you type & immediately followed by ENTER), -any filtering is turned off, and all lines are displayed. -While filtering is in effect, an ampersand is displayed at the -beginning of the prompt, -as a reminder that some lines in the file may be hidden. -.Pp -Certain characters are special as in the / command: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Ic ^N | ! -Display only lines which do NOT match the pattern. -.It Ic ^R -Don't interpret regular expression metacharacters; -that is, do a simple textual comparison. -.El -.It Ic :e Op Ar filename -Examine a new file. -If the filename is missing, the "current" file (see the :n and :p commands -below) from the list of files in the command line is re-examined. -A percent sign (%) in the filename is replaced by the name of the -current file. -A pound sign (#) is replaced by the name of the previously examined file. -However, two consecutive percent signs are simply -replaced with a single percent sign. -This allows you to enter a filename that contains a percent sign -in the name. -Similarly, two consecutive pound signs are replaced with a single pound sign. -The filename is inserted into the command line list of files -so that it can be seen by subsequent :n and :p commands. -If the filename consists of several files, they are all inserted into -the list of files and the first one is examined. -If the filename contains one or more spaces, -the entire filename should be enclosed in double quotes -(also see the -" option). -.It Ic ^X^V | E -Same as :e. -Warning: some systems use ^V as a special literalization character. -On such systems, you may not be able to use ^V. -.It Ic :n -Examine the next file (from the list of files given in the command line). -If a number N is specified, the N-th next file is examined. -.It Ic :p -Examine the previous file in the command line list. -If a number N is specified, the N-th previous file is examined. -.It Ic :t -Go to the specified tag. -.It Ic :x -Examine the first file in the command line list. -If a number N is specified, the N-th file in the list is examined. -.It Ic :d -Remove the current file from the list of files. -.It Ic t -Go to the next tag, if there were more than one matches for the current tag. -See the \-t option for more details about tags. -.It Ic T -Go to the previous tag, if there were more than one matches for the current tag. -.It Ic = | ^G | :f -Prints some information about the file being viewed, including its name -and the line number and byte offset of the bottom line being displayed. -If possible, it also prints the length of the file, -the number of lines in the file -and the percent of the file above the last displayed line. -.It Ic \- -Followed by one of the command line option letters (see -.Sx OPTIONS -below), -this will change the setting of that option -and print a message describing the new setting. -If a ^P (CONTROL-P) is entered immediately after the dash, -the setting of the option is changed but no message is printed. -If the option letter has a numeric value (such as -b or -h), -or a string value (such as -P or -t), -a new value may be entered after the option letter. -If no new value is entered, a message describing -the current setting is printed and nothing is changed. -.It Ic \-\- -Like the \- command, but takes a long option name (see -.Sx OPTIONS -below) -rather than a single option letter. -You must press ENTER or RETURN after typing the option name. -A ^P immediately after the second dash suppresses printing of a -message describing the new setting, as in the \- command. -.It Ic \-+ -Followed by one of the command line option letters this will reset the -option to its default setting and print a message describing the new setting. -(The "\-+X" command does the same thing as "\-+X" on the command line.) -This does not work for string-valued options. -.It Ic \-\-+ -Like the \-+ command, but takes a long option name -rather than a single option letter. -.It Ic \-! -Followed by one of the command line option letters, this will reset the -option to the "opposite" of its default setting and print a message -describing the new setting. -This does not work for numeric or string-valued options. -.It Ic \-\-! -Like the \-! command, but takes a long option name -rather than a single option letter. -.It Ic _ -(Underscore.) -Followed by one of the command line option letters, -this will print a message describing the current setting of that option. -The setting of the option is not changed. -.It Ic __ -(Double underscore.) -Like the _ (underscore) command, but takes a long option name -rather than a single option letter. -You must press ENTER or RETURN after typing the option name. -.It Ic +cmd -Causes the specified cmd to be executed each time a new file is examined. -For example, +G causes -.Nm -to initially display each file starting at the end rather than the beginning. -.It Ic V -Prints the version number of -.Nm -being run. -.It Ic q | Q | :q | :Q | ZZ -Exits -.Nm less . -.El -.Pp -The following -four -commands may or may not be valid, depending on your particular installation. -.Bl -tag -width XXXX -.It Ic v -Invokes an editor to edit the current file being viewed. -The editor is taken from the environment variable -.Ev VISUAL , -if defined, -or -.Ev EDITOR -if -.Ev VISUAL -is not defined, -or defaults to "vi" if neither -.Ev VISUAL -nor -.Ev EDITOR -is defined. -See also the discussion of LESSEDIT under the section on -.Sx PROMPTS -below. -.It Ic \&! Ar shell-command -Invokes a shell to run the shell-command given. -A percent sign (%) in the command is replaced by the name of the current file. -A pound sign (#) is replaced by the name of the previously examined file. -"!!" repeats the last shell command. -"!" with no shell command simply invokes a shell. -The shell is taken from the environment variable -.Ev SHELL , -or defaults to "sh". -.\" On MS-DOS and OS/2 systems, the shell is the normal command processor. -.It Ic | Ar shell-command - represents any mark letter. -Pipes a section of the input file to the given shell command. -The section of the file to be piped is between the first line on -the current screen and the position marked by the letter. - may also be ^ or $ to indicate beginning or end of file respectively. -If is . or newline, the current screen is piped. -.It Ic s Ar filename -Save the input to a file. -This only works if the input is a pipe, not an ordinary file. -.El -.Sh OPTIONS Command line options are described below. Most options may be changed while .Nm @@ -515,6 +145,8 @@ If the --use-backslash option is not in effect, then backslashes are not treated specially, and there is no way to include a dollar sign in the option string. +.Pp +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width XXXX .It Fl \&? | -help This option displays a summary of the commands accepted by @@ -1032,6 +664,376 @@ every file being viewed, not just the first one. The + command described previously may also be used to set (or change) an initial command for every file. +.El +.Sh COMMANDS +In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X. +ESC stands for the ESCAPE key; for example ESC-v means the +two character sequence "ESCAPE", then "v". +.Bl -tag -width XXXX +.It Ic h | H +Help: display a summary of these commands. +If you forget all the other commands, remember this one. +.It Ic SPACE | ^V | f | ^F +Scroll forward N lines, default one window (see option -z below). +If N is more than the screen size, only the final screenful is displayed. +Warning: some systems use ^V as a special literalization character. +.It Ic z +Like SPACE, but if N is specified, it becomes the new window size. +.It Ic ESC-SPACE +Like SPACE, but scrolls a full screenful, even if it reaches +end-of-file in the process. +.It Ic ENTER | RETURN | ^N | e | ^E | j | ^J +Scroll forward N lines, default 1. +The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size. +.It Ic d | ^D +Scroll forward N lines, default one half of the screen size. +If N is specified, it becomes the new default for subsequent d and u commands. +.It Ic b | ^B | ESC-v +Scroll backward N lines, default one window (see option -z below). +If N is more than the screen size, only the final screenful is displayed. +.It Ic w +Like ESC-v, but if N is specified, it becomes the new window size. +.It Ic y | ^Y | ^P | k | ^K +Scroll backward N lines, default 1. +The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size. +Warning: some systems use ^Y as a special job control character. +.It Ic u | ^U +Scroll backward N lines, default one half of the screen size. +If N is specified, it becomes the new default for subsequent d and u commands. +.It Ic ESC-) | RIGHTARROW +Scroll horizontally right N characters, default half the screen width +(see the -# option). +If a number N is specified, it becomes the default for future +RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. +While the text is scrolled, it acts as though the -S option (chop lines) +were in effect. +.It Ic ESC-( | LEFTARROW +Scroll horizontally left N +characters, default half the screen width (see the -# option). +If a number N is specified, it becomes the default for future +RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. +.It Ic r | ^R | ^L +Repaint the screen. +.It Ic R +Repaint the screen, discarding any buffered input. +Useful if the file is changing while it is being viewed. +.It Ic F +Scroll forward, and keep trying to read when the end of file is reached. +Normally this command would be used when already at the end of the file. +It is a way to monitor the tail of a file which is growing +while it is being viewed. +(The behavior is similar to the "tail -f" command.) +.It Ic ESC-F +Like F, but as soon as a line is found which matches +the last search pattern, the terminal bell is rung +and forward scrolling stops. +.It Ic g | < | ESC-< +Go to line N in the file, default 1 (beginning of file). +(Warning: this may be slow if N is large.) +.It Ic G | > | ESC-> +Go to line N in the file, default the end of the file. +(Warning: this may be slow if N is large, +or if N is not specified and standard input, rather than a file, +is being read.) +.It Ic p | % +Go to a position N percent into the file. +N should be between 0 and 100, and may contain a decimal point. +.It Ic P +Go to the line containing byte offset N in the file. +.It Ic { +If a left curly bracket appears in the top line displayed +on the screen, the { command will go to the matching right curly bracket. +The matching right curly bracket is positioned on the bottom +line of the screen. +If there is more than one left curly bracket on the top line, a number N +may be used to specify the N-th bracket on the line. +.It Ic } +If a right curly bracket appears in the bottom line displayed on the screen, +the } command will go to the matching left curly bracket. +The matching left curly bracket is positioned on the top +line of the screen. +If there is more than one right curly bracket on the top line, +a number N may be used to specify the N-th bracket on the line. +.It Ic \&( +Like {, but applies to parentheses rather than curly brackets. +.It Ic \&) +Like }, but applies to parentheses rather than curly brackets. +.It Ic \&[ +Like {, but applies to square brackets rather than curly brackets. +.It Ic \&] +Like }, but applies to square brackets rather than curly brackets. +.It Ic ESC-^F +Followed by two characters, acts like {, +but uses the two characters as open and close brackets, respectively. +For example, "ESC ^F < >" could be used to +go forward to the > which matches the < in the top displayed line. +.It Ic ESC-^B +Followed by two characters, acts like }, +but uses the two characters as open and close brackets, respectively. +For example, "ESC ^B < >" could be used to +go backward to the < which matches the > in the bottom displayed line. +.It Ic m +Followed by any lowercase letter, marks the current position with that letter. +.It Ic ' +(Single quote.) +Followed by any lowercase letter, returns to the position which +was previously marked with that letter. +Followed by another single quote, returns to the position at +which the last "large" movement command was executed. +Followed by a ^ or $, jumps to the beginning or end of the file respectively. +Marks are preserved when a new file is examined, +so the ' command can be used to switch between input files. +.It Ic ^X^X +Same as single quote. +.It Ic /pattern +Search forward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern. +N defaults to 1. +The pattern is a regular expression, as recognized by +the regular expression library supplied by your system. +The search starts at the first line displayed +(but see the -a and -j options, which change this). +.Pp +Certain characters are special if entered at the beginning of the pattern; +they modify the type of search rather than become part of the pattern: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ic ^N | \&! +Search for lines which do NOT match the pattern. +.It Ic ^E | * +Search multiple files. +That is, if the search reaches the END of the current file +without finding a match, +the search continues in the next file in the command line list. +.It Ic ^F | @ +Begin the search at the first line of the FIRST file +in the command line list, +regardless of what is currently displayed on the screen +or the settings of the -a or -j options. +.It Ic ^K +Highlight any text which matches the pattern on the current screen, +but don't move to the first match (KEEP current position). +.It Ic ^R +Don't interpret regular expression metacharacters; +that is, do a simple textual comparison. +.El +.It Ic ?pattern +Search backward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern. +The search starts at the line immediately before the top line displayed. +.Pp +Certain characters are special, as in the / command: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ic ^N | \&! +Search for lines which do NOT match the pattern. +.It Ic ^E | * +Search multiple files. +That is, if the search reaches the beginning of the current file +without finding a match, +the search continues in the previous file in the command line list. +.It Ic ^F | @ +Begin the search at the last line of the last file +in the command line list, +regardless of what is currently displayed on the screen +or the settings of the -a or -j options. +.It Ic ^K +As in forward searches. +.It Ic ^R +As in forward searches. +.El +.It Ic ESC-/pattern +Same as "/*". +.It Ic ESC-?pattern +Same as "?*". +.It Ic n +Repeat previous search, for N-th line containing the last pattern. +If the previous search was modified by ^N, the search is made for the +N-th line NOT containing the pattern. +If the previous search was modified by ^E, the search continues +in the next (or previous) file if not satisfied in the current file. +If the previous search was modified by ^R, the search is done +without using regular expressions. +There is no effect if the previous search was modified by ^F or ^K. +.It Ic N +Repeat previous search, but in the reverse direction. +.It Ic ESC-n +Repeat previous search, but crossing file boundaries. +The effect is as if the previous search were modified by *. +.It Ic ESC-N +Repeat previous search, but in the reverse direction +and crossing file boundaries. +.It Ic ESC-u +Undo search highlighting. +Turn off highlighting of strings matching the current search pattern. +If highlighting is already off because of a previous ESC-u command, +turn highlighting back on. +Any search command will also turn highlighting back on. +(Highlighting can also be disabled by toggling the -G option; +in that case search commands do not turn highlighting back on.) +.It Ic &pattern +Display only lines which match the pattern; +lines which do not match the pattern are not displayed. +If pattern is empty (if you type & immediately followed by ENTER), +any filtering is turned off, and all lines are displayed. +While filtering is in effect, an ampersand is displayed at the +beginning of the prompt, +as a reminder that some lines in the file may be hidden. +.Pp +Certain characters are special as in the / command: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ic ^N | ! +Display only lines which do NOT match the pattern. +.It Ic ^R +Don't interpret regular expression metacharacters; +that is, do a simple textual comparison. +.El +.It Ic :e Op Ar filename +Examine a new file. +If the filename is missing, the "current" file (see the :n and :p commands +below) from the list of files in the command line is re-examined. +A percent sign (%) in the filename is replaced by the name of the +current file. +A pound sign (#) is replaced by the name of the previously examined file. +However, two consecutive percent signs are simply +replaced with a single percent sign. +This allows you to enter a filename that contains a percent sign +in the name. +Similarly, two consecutive pound signs are replaced with a single pound sign. +The filename is inserted into the command line list of files +so that it can be seen by subsequent :n and :p commands. +If the filename consists of several files, they are all inserted into +the list of files and the first one is examined. +If the filename contains one or more spaces, +the entire filename should be enclosed in double quotes +(also see the -" option). +.It Ic ^X^V | E +Same as :e. +Warning: some systems use ^V as a special literalization character. +On such systems, you may not be able to use ^V. +.It Ic :n +Examine the next file (from the list of files given in the command line). +If a number N is specified, the N-th next file is examined. +.It Ic :p +Examine the previous file in the command line list. +If a number N is specified, the N-th previous file is examined. +.It Ic :t +Go to the specified tag. +.It Ic :x +Examine the first file in the command line list. +If a number N is specified, the N-th file in the list is examined. +.It Ic :d +Remove the current file from the list of files. +.It Ic t +Go to the next tag, if there were more than one matches for the current tag. +See the \-t option for more details about tags. +.It Ic T +Go to the previous tag, if there were more than one matches for the current tag. +.It Ic = | ^G | :f +Prints some information about the file being viewed, including its name +and the line number and byte offset of the bottom line being displayed. +If possible, it also prints the length of the file, +the number of lines in the file +and the percent of the file above the last displayed line. +.It Ic \- +Followed by one of the command line option letters (see +.Sx OPTIONS +below), +this will change the setting of that option +and print a message describing the new setting. +If a ^P (CONTROL-P) is entered immediately after the dash, +the setting of the option is changed but no message is printed. +If the option letter has a numeric value (such as -b or -h), +or a string value (such as -P or -t), +a new value may be entered after the option letter. +If no new value is entered, a message describing +the current setting is printed and nothing is changed. +.It Ic \-\- +Like the \- command, but takes a long option name (see +.Sx OPTIONS +below) +rather than a single option letter. +You must press ENTER or RETURN after typing the option name. +A ^P immediately after the second dash suppresses printing of a +message describing the new setting, as in the \- command. +.It Ic \-+ +Followed by one of the command line option letters this will reset the +option to its default setting and print a message describing the new setting. +(The "\-+X" command does the same thing as "\-+X" on the command line.) +This does not work for string-valued options. +.It Ic \-\-+ +Like the \-+ command, but takes a long option name +rather than a single option letter. +.It Ic \-! +Followed by one of the command line option letters, this will reset the +option to the "opposite" of its default setting and print a message +describing the new setting. +This does not work for numeric or string-valued options. +.It Ic \-\-! +Like the \-! command, but takes a long option name +rather than a single option letter. +.It Ic _ +(Underscore.) +Followed by one of the command line option letters, +this will print a message describing the current setting of that option. +The setting of the option is not changed. +.It Ic __ +(Double underscore.) +Like the _ (underscore) command, but takes a long option name +rather than a single option letter. +You must press ENTER or RETURN after typing the option name. +.It Ic +cmd +Causes the specified cmd to be executed each time a new file is examined. +For example, +G causes +.Nm +to initially display each file starting at the end rather than the beginning. +.It Ic V +Prints the version number of +.Nm +being run. +.It Ic q | Q | :q | :Q | ZZ +Exits +.Nm less . +.El +.Pp +The following +four +commands may or may not be valid, depending on your particular installation. +.Bl -tag -width XXXX +.It Ic v +Invokes an editor to edit the current file being viewed. +The editor is taken from the environment variable +.Ev VISUAL , +if defined, +or +.Ev EDITOR +if +.Ev VISUAL +is not defined, +or defaults to "vi" if neither +.Ev VISUAL +nor +.Ev EDITOR +is defined. +See also the discussion of LESSEDIT under the section on +.Sx PROMPTS +below. +.It Ic \&! Ar shell-command +Invokes a shell to run the shell-command given. +A percent sign (%) in the command is replaced by the name of the current file. +A pound sign (#) is replaced by the name of the previously examined file. +"!!" repeats the last shell command. +"!" with no shell command simply invokes a shell. +The shell is taken from the environment variable +.Ev SHELL , +or defaults to "sh". +.\" On MS-DOS and OS/2 systems, the shell is the normal command processor. +.It Ic | Ar shell-command + represents any mark letter. +Pipes a section of the input file to the given shell command. +The section of the file to be piped is between the first line on +the current screen and the position marked by the letter. + may also be ^ or $ to indicate beginning or end of file respectively. +If is . or newline, the current screen is piped. +.It Ic s Ar filename +Save the input to a file. +This only works if the input is a pipe, not an ordinary file. .El .Sh LINE EDITING When entering command line at the bottom of the screen