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les – pager like less

les is a pager program similar to less and more, with several improved features.

les allows keyboard commands while loading the file. It closes the program when Ctrl-C is pressed. les will also wrap a line at word boundaries.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • List of tabs when opening multiple files.
  • Status bar – shows information like the filename, line numbers, and the file size.
  • Unicode support
  • Searches – all matches are highlighted in blue, the one you are up to is highlighted in green.
  • Man pages – set your man page output to be piped through les.
  • Git diff – les can be your git diff viewer.
  • Files opened in les are processed through the lespipe script. This allows the program to print out the contents of tar files or decompress gziped files on the fly.
  • Mousewheel scroll.
  • Recent files list.
  • Resume at your last position.
  • Load forever option.

Website: github.com/zorgnax/les
Support:
Developer: Jacob Gelbman
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0

les man page

les is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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