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"less" (linux) get/go-to X offset in file

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I open a big file with this command: less +G /var/log/blah/file.log Now when I find the desired info I'd like to know its exact offset in this file, so later I can open that file again and return to that exact place. So there is the "%X" command which will take me to % inside the file, in offset te…

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Fix for: "less" (linux) get/go-to X offset in file

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Got part of my question from here: 100g to go to the 100th line 50p to go to 50% into the file 100P to go to the line containing 100th byte To determine the current line number or byte offset, use Ctrl+g.

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