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Utility Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software
C i s c o C o n f i d e n t i a l - B e t a R e v i e w R 3 . 7. 1
utility less
To display a file page-by-page, use the utility less command in EXEC mode or administration EXEC
mode.
Syntax Description
exiteof
nocase
position line-number
startat string
file source
WORD
Defaults If no text file is specified, standard input is assumed.
Command Modes EXEC
Administration EXEC
Command History Release
Release 3.7.1
Usage Guidelines To use this command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes the proper
task IDs.
Use the utility less command to display files page by page. You can specify regular expressions for
pattern matching using the startat keyword. You can scroll up as well as down. When you enter the less
mode, commands are similar to the "vi" editor.
Note Keywords are entered using the displayed syntax, or with UNIX-equivalent syntax. The
UNIX-equivalent syntax is displayed in parentheses () in the syntax description. To display the
UNIX-equivalent syntax online, enter the keyword usage.
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utility less [exiteof | nocase | position line-number | startat string] [file source-file] [WORD]
(Optional) (-E) Automatically exists the utility the first time an end-of-file
is encountered.
(Optional) (-i) Ignores uppercase and lowercase distinctions during
comparisons.
(Optional) (-j) Uses the line at line number line-number on the screen to
position matched lines during a patter search.
(Optional) (-p) Starts at the first occurrence of the pattern specified by the
string argument in the file.
(Optional) Specifies the storage device and directory path for the text file to
be displayed. The default is standard input.
The source syntax is: device:/directory-path[/filename]
(Optional) UNIX command-line option string. The maximum number of
characters is 20.
Modification
This command was introduced on the Cisco ASR 14000 Series Router.
Cisco ASR 14000 Series Router System Management Command Reference
utility less
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