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Package ID

Less

Version

679.0

Downloads

91443

Website

http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/

Summary

Less is a free, open-source file pager

Description

Less is a CLI pager, a program that displays text files. Other pagers commonly in use are more and pg. Less is similar to more, but allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement. Also, less does not have to read the entire input file before starting, so with large input files it starts up faster than text editors like vi.

Features

• Backward and forward movement
• Searching, filtering and highlighting, multifile search, regular expressions
• Multiple files, remembering position in each file
• Font styles: bold and underline
• Advanced features: key bindings, tab stops, prompt customization, line numbers, tag, options in environment variable, file preprocessor
• Cross platform

Package Parameters

• /DefaultPager - Set $Env:PAGER environment variable to less.

Notes

• If you are using PSCX, you must override its internally distributed less version using the following in your $PROFILE: ($Pscx:Preferences).PageHelpUsingLess = $false
• This package uses x64 bit version of John Taylor’s automatic build

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