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		naniwaduni on July 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Memorize Terminal Commands Indeed, traditionally more doesn't go backward. It's the first line of prose in the less(1) manpage: "Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement."

DC-3 on July 29, 2019 | [–]

Oh, good point. That is a subtle distinction, though.

rubiquity on July 29, 2019 | [–]

I guess you could say less is more!

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