Could less show the viewed proportion of text file?

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Mar 15, 20268960 views

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As the title implies, when I am browsing text file,I would like to know the current viewed porportion of the whole text file. I know that with -N option,we could turn on the line numbers,but how could I make less display the line number of the whole text file? thanks.

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If you open a file with less then pressing Ctrl-g will display the current line number, total lines and percentage as well as shown below: lines 51-100/185 byte 3228/5886 54% (press RETURN)

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Could less show the viewed proportion of text file?

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