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Less Cheatsheet

General

Command	Function
q	Quit
R	Refresh
= or Ctrl-g	Show filename & position

Navigation

Command	Function
g	Top
G	Bottom
f, space or PgDn	Forward one page
b or PgUp	Back one page
d	Forward ½ a page
u	Back ½ a page
j	Forward 1 line
k	Back one page
%n	Go to n percent of the file
(, { or [	Go to matching bracket
:n	Next file (when invoked with multiple or globbed files)
:p	Previous file

Search

Command	Function
/foo	Search for foo
?foo	Search backwards
n	Next match
N	Previous match
/!foo	Find lines not matching foo
/*foo	Find foo in all files

Misc

Command	Function
q	Quit
%foo	Filter - show only lines containing foo
F	Follow mode
-S	Wrap on/off
h	Help

Command line options

Option	Function
-pfoo	Search for foo
+F	Follow
+G	Go to bottom of file
'''	+ trick works with any command
-r	Raw control characters - might be colourful! (Or might break.)