Less is more

in UNIX less is almost more

Two utilities with similar functions: less and more

A long time ago there was more and it was good. And there were some who wanted more. Didn’t the already have more? The more features, the better.

So UNIX god’s provided their users with less - actually less has more feauture, but it doeesn’t matter any more. If you want more, use Less

less big_long_file.txt more big_long_file.txt

It’s better than cat, even some like cats more.

cat long_file

Of course there’s tail if you want look at the end. And head if you care only about the beginning.

head -n 5 big_long_file #show 5 first lines tail -n 5 big_long_file #show 5 last lines