lfs-book/chapter06/less.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-less" xreflabel="Less">
<title>Less-&less-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-less"><primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary></indexterm>

<para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>

<screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
&diskspace; 3.4 MB</screen>

<para>Less installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.</para>



<sect2>
<title>Installation of Less</title>

<para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>

<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>--sysconfdir=/etc</userinput>: This option tells the
programs created by the package to look in <filename>/etc</filename> for their
configuration files.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>Now install it:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

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<sect2 id="contents-less"><title>Contents of Less</title>

<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: less, lessecho and lesskey</para>

</sect2>


<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm>
<para id="less"><command>less</command> is a file viewer or pager. It displays the
contents of the given file, letting you scroll around, find strings, and jump
to marks.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm>
<para id="lessecho"><command>lessecho</command> is needed to expand meta-characters,
such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"><primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary></indexterm>
<para id="lesskey"><command>lesskey</command> is used to specify the key bindings
for less.</para>

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