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 a complete command summary q :q :Q ZZ Exit.

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). b ^B ESC-v * Backward one window (or N lines). z * Forward one window (set window to N). w * Backward one window (set window to N). d ^D * Forward one half-window (set half-window to N). u ^U * Backward one half-window (set half-window to N). r ^R ^L Repaint screen. R Repaint screen, discarding buffered input.

/pattern * Search forward for (N-th) matching line. ?pattern * Search backward for (N-th) matching line.

NOTE: search commands may be modified by one or more of:

   !  search for NON-matching lines.
   *  search multiple files.
   @@  start search at first file (for /) or last file (for ?).