What is the interrupt key for Linux command "less"
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When you do shift-f with less, you can see the file update in real time, and you get the "Waiting for data...(interrupt to abort)" message. The updating works fine, but what is the interrupt? nothing seems to work (Ctrl-C, Esc, Ctrl-I etc). I always have to kill the terminal which is a pain.
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Ctrl+C works for me. When I use the F command in less, it says "(interrupt to abort)". The "interrupt" that it's referring to is whatever key is bound to the terminal interrupt. The command shows the relevant terminal settings: speed 38400 baud; row…
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