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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Reading Files

Najib Nazar
Najib Nazar
869 Points
Posted by Najib Nazar
Najib Nazar
869 Points

less hello.txt

Hi when I type less hello.txt. it does a different thing than shown in the video. At the end of the file it says: Now here is the last line of the file! hello.txt (END) (highlighted)

The only way to get out of this is to Ctrl+Z.

Daniel Stangaciu
Daniel Stangaciu
6,221 Points
Daniel Stangaciu
Daniel Stangaciu
6,221 Points

you just have to press q and you will exit the command and start a new command prompt

Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points
Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points

It won't allow me to scroll with arrows, nor will it exit using q. I typed clear to escape.

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