less commands

• open a file: less file.log
• type capital G: go to end of file
• type small g: go to beginning of file
• type ?: enter reverse search
• type /: enter forward search
• type n: skips to next search match
• type N: skips back to last search match

e.g.

g
/

will go to beginning of file and enter a forward search

g
/error
<enter>

will go to beginning of file and find the first instance of 'error' and take you there

hit n to skip to the next search match

you can also do:

G
?error
<enter>

to go to end of file and search backwards