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Shadow Skillz
3,020 PointsReading Files - less
when I uses the less key word the display is slightly different being that below for example looks like this hello.txt (END) and also I'm unable to navigate like how it is shown on the vid when I do move it gives me a line full of tilde's i don't know what I'm doing wrong
3 Answers
Matthew Beiswenger
6,814 PointsNever mind, I figured it out. If the contents of the file can be displayed entirely within the console window, then it will simply say (END) at the bottom and you won't be able to move up and down the text of the file like he does in the video. Try resizing the console window so that it's smaller. A ":" will appear like in the video and you will be able to move up and down.
George Kiknadze
837 PointsYou can check all less commands list here: Less commands I will be glad if I helped you :)
Matthew Beiswenger
6,814 PointsI'm having this same issue. It happens not only with the Treehouse console but also in my Mac's Terminal. Does anyone know why this is happening? Here's an image of what the console looks like after typing "less hello.txt": http://imgur.com/a/tqNzt