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Less is a free, open-source file pager. It can be found on most versions of Linux, Unix and Mac OS, as well as on many other operating systems.


Releases

The current released version is less-436. It was released on 25 Jul 2009.

News

25 Jul 2009 less-436 has been released for general use.
7 Jul 2009 less-436 is available for BETA testing.
You can download it here.

Less-436 fixes a few search and filter bugs found in less-434 by Klaus Kusche.

30 Jun 2009 less-434 is available for BETA testing.
You can download it here.

Less-434 fixes some display bugs in handling certain characters when they appear near the right edge of the screen in long lines. It also fixes some search highlighting bugs.

Although the number of fixes is not large, the code changes were fairly significant, so this version is being released as a beta. If no problems are found, it will be released as a non-beta version shortly.

11 Apr 2009 less-429 has been released.
2 Jan 2008 less-418 has been released.
This version provides emulation of SGR escape sequences for Windows, uses version 3 of the GPL, and fixes a few bugs.
26 Mar 2007 A mailing list for less announcements is now available.
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