Problem : I often use the less pager to view logfiles. Usually I use less -F to follow the progress […]
Tag: less
less tail mode + pipes?
Problem : Why doesn’t less‘s tail/scroll mode work with pipes? For example, I’d like to make a build script pipe […]
combining tail -f with less +F does not work
Problem : I am using ubuntu bash. I am trying to combine tail -f and less +F like below and […]
How do I execute a Linux command whilst using the less command or within the man pages?
Problem : I generally pipe the command ls with less and would like to execute a command while it is […]
Best method for CoffeeScript / LESS autocompilation?
Problem : I’ve been using LESS and CoffeeScript substantially lately, and wondering what would be the best method of monitoring. […]
How do I close “less” from the outside without it leaving my terminal in a mess?
Problem : I’m writing a utility that automatically launches less as a subcommand with its output. Some times an error […]
Why does less tail mode stop working?
Problem : Using the less command on linux in tail mode (F command or less -f) consistently stops working on […]
How can I set `less` or `more` max lines (scrollable height) limit/boundary in linux?
Problem : (Sorry for the title. Any suggestions?) I’ve set my commandline PS1 to cover 3 lines: white space user, […]
How do I view the content of a very large file at position in Linux?
Problem : I’ve got a file containing JSON data that is about 90MB of size and has one line. I […]
Watching logs with less +F freezes after a while
Problem : less +F is a great command for watching logs, but it has very annoying issue. After a while […]