# less # Autogenerated from man page /usr/share/man/man1/less.1 complete -c less -s '?' -l help -d 'This option displays a summary of the commands accepted by less (the same as…' complete -c less -s a -l search-skip-screen -d 'By default, forward searches start at the top of the displayed screen and bac…' complete -c less -s A -l SEARCH-SKIP-SCREEN -d 'Causes all forward searches (not just non-repeated searches) to start just af…' complete -c less -o bn -l buffers -d 'Specifies the amount of buffer space less will use for each file, in units o…' complete -c less -s B -l auto-buffers -d 'By default, when data is read from a pipe, buffers are allocated automaticall…' complete -c less -s c -l clear-screen -d 'Causes full screen repaints to be painted from the top line down' complete -c less -s C -l CLEAR-SCREEN -d 'Same as "-c" "," for compatibility with older versions of less ' complete -c less -s d -l dumb -d 'The "-d" option suppresses the error message normally displayed if the termi…' complete -c less -o Dxcolor -l color -d 'Changes the color of different parts of the displayed text' complete -c less -s e -l quit-at-eof -d 'Causes less to automatically exit the second time it reaches end-of-file' complete -c less -s E -l QUIT-AT-EOF -d 'Causes less to automatically exit the first time it reaches end-of-file' complete -c less -s f -l force -d 'Forces non-regular files to be opened' complete -c less -s F -l quit-if-one-screen -d 'Causes less to automatically exit if the entire file can be displayed on the…' complete -c less -s g -l hilite-search -d 'Normally, less will highlight ALL strings which match the last search command' complete -c less -s G -l HILITE-SEARCH -d 'The -G option suppresses all highlighting of strings found by search commands' complete -c less -o hn -l max-back-scroll -d 'Specifies a maximum number of lines to scroll backward' complete -c less -s i -l ignore-case -d 'Causes searches to ignore case; that is, uppercase and lowercase are consider…' complete -c less -s I -l IGNORE-CASE -d 'Like "-i" "," but searches ignore case even if the pattern contains uppercas…' complete -c less -o jn -l jump-target -d 'Specifies a line on the screen where the "target" line is to be positioned' complete -c less -s J -l status-column -d 'Displays a status column at the left edge of the screen' complete -c less -o kfilename -l lesskey-file -d 'Causes less to open and interpret the named file as a lesskey (1) binary fi…' complete -c less -l lesskey-src -d 'Causes less to open and interpret the named file as a lesskey (1) source f…' complete -c less -l lesskey-content -d 'Causes less to interpret the specified text as the contents of a lesskey (1…' complete -c less -s K -l quit-on-intr -d 'Causes less to exit immediately (with status 2) when an interrupt character …' complete -c less -s L -l no-lessopen -d 'Ignore the LESSOPEN environment variable (see the INPUT PREPROCESSOR section …' complete -c less -s m -l long-prompt -d 'Causes less to prompt verbosely (like more (1)), with the percent into the…' complete -c less -s M -l LONG-PROMPT -d 'Causes less to prompt even more verbosely than more (1)' complete -c less -s n -l line-numbers -d 'Suppresses line numbers' complete -c less -s N -l LINE-NUMBERS -d 'Causes a line number to be displayed at the beginning of each line in the dis…' complete -c less -o ofilename -l log-file -d 'Causes less to copy its input to the named file as it is being viewed' complete -c less -o Ofilename -l LOG-FILE -d 'The "-O" option is like "-o," but it will overwrite an existing file withou…' complete -c less -o ppattern -l pattern -d 'The -p option on the command line is equivalent to specifying +/pattern; that…' complete -c less -o Pprompt -l prompt -d 'Provides a way to tailor the three prompt styles to your own preference' complete -c less -o Ps -d 'followed by a string changes the default (short) prompt to that string' complete -c less -o Pm -d 'changes the medium . RB "(" "-m" ")" prompt' complete -c less -o PM -d 'changes the long . RB "(" "-M" ")" prompt' complete -c less -o Ph -d 'changes the prompt for the help screen' complete -c less -s P -d 'changes the message printed by the = command' complete -c less -o Pw -d 'changes the message printed while waiting for data (in the "F" command). RE' complete -c less -s q -l quiet -l silent -d 'Causes moderately "quiet" operation: the terminal bell is not rung if an atte…' complete -c less -s Q -l QUIET -l SILENT -d 'Causes totally "quiet" operation: the terminal bell is never rung' complete -c less -s r -l raw-control-chars -d 'Causes "raw" control characters to be displayed' complete -c less -s R -l RAW-CONTROL-CHARS -d 'Like "-r" "," but only a limited set of escape sequences are output in "raw…' complete -c less -s s -l squeeze-blank-lines -d 'Causes consecutive blank lines to be squeezed into a single blank line' complete -c less -s S -l chop-long-lines -d 'Causes lines longer than the screen width to be chopped (truncated) rather th…' complete -c less -o ttag -l tag -d 'The "-t" option, followed immediately by a TAG, will edit the file containin…' complete -c less -o Ttagsfile -l tag-file -d 'Specifies a tags file to be used instead of "tags"' complete -c less -s u -l underline-special -d 'Causes backspaces and carriage returns to be treated as printable characters;…' complete -c less -s U -l UNDERLINE-SPECIAL -d 'Causes backspaces, tabs, carriage returns and "formatting characters" (as def…' complete -c less -s V -l version -d 'Displays the version number of less ' complete -c less -s w -l hilite-unread -d 'Temporarily highlights the first "new" line after a forward movement of a ful…' complete -c less -s W -l HILITE-UNREAD -d 'Like "-w" "," but temporarily highlights the first new line after any forwar…' complete -c less -o xn -l tabs -d 'Sets tab stops' complete -c less -s X -l no-init -d 'Disables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization strings to t…' complete -c less -o yn -l max-forw-scroll -d 'Specifies a maximum number of lines to scroll forward' complete -c less -o zn -l window -d 'Changes the default scrolling window size to n lines' complete -c less -o '\\*~' -l tilde -d 'Normally lines after end of file are displayed as a single tilde (\\*~)' complete -c less -s '#' -l shift -d 'Specifies the default number of positions to scroll horizontally in the RIGHT…' complete -c less -l autosave -d 'Normally the history file is saved only when less exits' complete -c less -l cmd -d 'The specified string is taken to be an initial command to less ' complete -c less -l exit-follow-on-close -d 'When using the "F" command on a pipe, less will automatically stop waiting f…' complete -c less -l file-size -d 'If "--file-size" is specified, less will determine the size of the file im…' complete -c less -l follow-name -d 'Normally, if the input file is renamed while an F command is executing, less…' complete -c less -l form-feed -d 'When scrolling forward or backward in the file, stop if a line beginning with…' complete -c less -l header -d 'RS Sets the number of header lines and columns displayed on the screen' complete -c less -l incsearch -d 'Subsequent search commands will be "incremental"; that is, less will advance…' complete -c less -l intr -d 'Use the character c instead of \\*^X to interrupt a read when the "Waiting for…' complete -c less -l line-num-width -d 'Sets the minimum width of the line number field when the -N option is in effe…' complete -c less -l match-shift -d 'When "-S" is in effect, if a search match is not visible because it is shift…' complete -c less -l modelines -d 'RS Before displaying a file, less will read the first n lines to try to fin…' complete -c less -l mouse -d 'Enables mouse input: scrolling the mouse wheel down moves forward in the file…' complete -c less -l MOUSE -d 'Like "--mouse" "," except the direction scrolled on mouse wheel movement is …' complete -c less -l no-edit-warn -d 'Don\'t print a warning message when using the v command on a file which was op…' complete -c less -l no-keypad -d 'Disables sending the keypad initialization and deinitialization strings to th…' complete -c less -l no-histdups -d 'This option changes the behavior so that if a search string or file name is t…' complete -c less -l no-number-headers -d 'Header lines (defined via the "--header" option) are not assigned line numbe…' complete -c less -l no-paste -d 'If the terminal supports xterm -compatible "bracketed paste", any text paste…' complete -c less -l no-search-header-lines -d 'Searches do not include header lines, but still include header columns' complete -c less -l no-search-header-columns -d 'Searches do not include header columns, but still include header lines' complete -c less -l no-search-headers -d 'Searches do not include header lines or header columns' complete -c less -l no-vbell -d 'Disables the terminal\'s visual bell' complete -c less -l proc-backspace -d 'If set, backspaces are handled as if neither the "-u" option nor the "-U" …' complete -c less -l PROC-BACKSPACE -d 'If set, backspaces are handled as if the "-U" option were set; that is backs…' complete -c less -l proc-return -d 'If set, carriage returns are handled as if neither the "-u" option nor the …' complete -c less -l PROC-RETURN -d 'If set, carriage returns are handled as if the "-U" option were set; that is…' complete -c less -l proc-tab -d 'If set, tabs are handled as if the "-U" option were not set' complete -c less -l PROC-TAB -d 'If set, tabs are handled as if the "-U" option were set; that is tabs are tr…' complete -c less -l redraw-on-quit -d 'When quitting, after sending the terminal deinitialization string, redraws th…' complete -c less -l rscroll -d 'This option changes the character used to mark truncated lines' complete -c less -l save-marks -d 'Save marks in the history file, so marks are retained across different invoca…' complete -c less -l search-options -d 'Sets default search modifiers' complete -c less -l show-preproc-errors -d 'If a LESSOPEN preprocessor produces data, then exits with a non-zero exit co…' complete -c less -l status-col-width -d 'Sets the width of the status column when the "-J" option is in effect' complete -c less -l status-line -d 'If a line is marked, the entire line (rather than just the status column) is …' complete -c less -l use-backslash -d 'This option changes the interpretations of options which follow this one' complete -c less -l use-color -d 'Enables colored text in various places' complete -c less -l wheel-lines -d 'Set the number of lines to scroll when the mouse wheel is scrolled and the "…' complete -c less -l wordwrap -d 'When the "-S" option is not in use, wrap each line at a space or tab if poss…' complete -c less -s z -d 'below)' complete -c less -s j -d 'options, which change this)' complete -c less -s t -d 'option for more details about tags' complete -c less -s b -d or complete -c less -s h -d 'or a string value (such as' complete -c less -s + -d 'Followed by one of the command line option letters this will reset the option…' complete -c less -l + -d 'Like the -+ command, but takes a long option name rather than a single option…' complete -c less -l mou -d 'but not' complete -c less -l mo -d 'since both' complete -c less -l Quit-at-eof -d 'is equivalent to' complete -c less -s k -d or complete -c less -s D -d 'require a string to follow the option letter' complete -c less -o Dug -d 'displays underlined text as green without underlining; the green color has re…' complete -c less -o Du+g -d 'displays underlined text as both green and in underlined format' complete -c less -o DNGk -d 'displays line numbers as bright green text on a black background, and' complete -c less -o DEbR -d 'displays error messages as blue text on a bright red background' complete -c less -o Da -d 'o For historical reasons, when a lowercase color selector letter is followed…' complete -c less -o h0 -d 'is implied. )' complete -c less -s O -d 'option is like' complete -c less -s o -d 'but it will overwrite an existing file without asking for confirmation' complete -c less -o z-4 -d 'sets the scrolling window to 20 lines' complete -c less -o cc -l quotes -d 'Changes the filename quoting character' complete -c less -o '\\fP' -d 'Normally lines after end of file are displayed as a single tilde ()' complete -c less -s p -d 'option is taken to be a less command rather than a search pattern'