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on quit, 'less' does NOT clear its contents when run in a 'screen' session

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Mar 15, 20261150 views

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Possible Duplicate: Using screen, commands like less and man don't clear the screen afterwards When I quit 'less' in a normal bash, it clears the previous contents displayed by 'less' and shows the bash contents again. This is the defualt behavior and what I desire. However, when I use 'less' in a …

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Try adding this command to your file: You can also do Ctrl-a from within to toggle it on or off in the current session. Make sure your environment variable does not contain in its value.

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on quit, 'less' does NOT clear its contents when run in a 'screen' session

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Fix for: on quit, 'less' does NOT clear its contents when run in a 'screen' session

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