If you’ve ever used bash terminal before, you would have come across the less command at some point.
For anyone who is not familiar with less, less is a “paging” command that allows you to view file(s) of interest on your terminal. It is usually the default “pager” (program used to view a document) for a terminal environment that comes with your Unix/Linux operating system.
Now, you might ask “why bother using less when you can open it up on a text editor, or even better, point and click on the file”?
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