Less Commands

Forward Search

• ./ – search for a pattern which will take you to the next occurrence.
• n – for next match in forward
• N – for previous match in backward

Backward Search

• ? – search for a pattern which will take you to the previous occurrence.
• n – for next match in backward direction
• N – for previous match in forward direction

• CTRL+F – forward one window
• CTRL+B – backward one window
• CTRL+D – forward half window
• CTRL+U – backward half window
• j – navigate forward by one line
• k – navigate backward by one line
• q or ZZ – exit the less pager

• 10j – 10 lines forward.
• 10k – 10 lines backward.
• tail -f =>F

less application.* | grep 'search_key'