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Using less more effectively

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”? Read more →