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2 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3CR2//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3CR2/docbookx.dtd" [
3 <!ENTITY % less-entities SYSTEM "../ent/less.ent">
6 <sect1 id="aa-less" xreflabel="Less">
8 <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
10 <para>For installation instructions see <xref linkend="ch06-less"/>.</para>
12 <sect2><title>Official Download Location</title>
14 <literallayout>Less (&less-version;):
15 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less/"/></literallayout>
18 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="less-contents.xml"/>
22 <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
24 <para><command>less</command> is a file viewer or pager. It displays the
25 contents of the given file, letting you scroll around, find strings, and jump
28 <para><command>lessecho</command> is needed to expand metacharacters,
29 such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems.</para>
31 <para><command>lesskey</command> is used to specify the key bindings
38 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="less-deps.xml"/>