* Greg Wallace
I want to be able to scroll backward from the end of the file, not just see the last few lines in the file. I know there's a way to do it because I've done it before. I just have to remember how. I thought there was a command under less that said go to the end, but I can't find any reference to it under "man less".
There are many ways to get information, The Linux Document Project, Google, man, info, <command> --help....... opening a small file with less and typing 'h' or 'H' yields: SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, N. Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if N is given. h H Display this help. q :q Q :Q ZZ Exit. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOVING e ^E j ^N CR * Forward one line (or N lines). y ^Y k ^K ^P * Backward one line (or N lines). f ^F ^V SPACE * Forward one window (or N lines). .... and much more. man less yields: g or < or ESC-< Go to line N in the file, default 1 (beginning of file). (Warning: this may be slow if N is large.) G or > or ESC-> Go to line N in the file, default the end of the file. (Warning: this may be slow if N is large, or if N is not specified and standard input, rather than a file, is being read.) p or % Go to a position N percent into the file. N should be between 0 and 100. I don't know why you are unable to find what you are looking for. Appears that you are not really looking! -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org