1 Commands marked with * may be preceeded by a number, N. 2 3 H Display this help. 4 q Exit. 5 6 f, SPACE * Forward N lines, default one screen. 7 b * Backward N lines, default one screen. 8 e, j, CR * Forward N lines, default 1 line. 9 y, k * Backward N lines, default 1 line. 10 d * Forward N lines, default half screen or last N to d/u. 11 u * Backward N lines, default half screen or last N to d/u. 12 r Repaint screen. 13 R Repaint screen, discarding buffered input. 14 15 /pattern * Search forward for N-th line containing the pattern. 16 ?pattern * Search backward for N-th line containing the pattern. 17 n * Repeat previous search (for N-th occurence). 18 19 g * Go to line N, default 1. 20 G * Like g, but default is last line in file. 21 p, % * Position to N percent into the file. 22 m<letter> Mark the current position with <letter>. 23 '<letter> Return to a previously marked position. 24 '' Return to previous position. 25 26 E [file] Examine a new file. 27 N * Examine the next file (from the command line). 28 P * Examine the previous file (from the command line). 29 = Print current file name. 30 V Print version number of "less". 31 32 -<flag> Toggle a command line flag. 33 _<flag> Display the setting of a command line flag. 34 +cmd Execute the less cmd each time a new file is examined. 35 36 !command Passes the command to the system to be executed (by $SHELL). 37 v Edit the current file (with $EDITOR). 38