Skip Paging If Output Fits On Screen With Less
The less command can be used to display a file or the output of a command. It is sometimes referred to as a pager because it paginates text that won't fit onto a single screen.
This will list the files for the current directory with less.
By default it will even display a small amount of text output within the pager. If you want less to output text that fits onto a single screen directly to the terminal, you can pass the -F and -X flags.
The -F flag tells less to exit if the output fits onto a single screen. The -X tells less to skip screen clearing.
This is handy if you want the output of a command to show up in your shell history.
See man less for more details.
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