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Maintainers

• The Core Planners: [email protected]

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/less as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/less)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/less)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/less --binlink

will add the following binaries to the PATH:

• /bin/less
• /bin/lessecho
• /bin/lesskey

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/less --binlink
» Installing core/less
☁ Determining latest version of core/less in the 'stable' channel
→ Using core/less/530/20200305235121
★ Install of core/less/530/20200305235121 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking lesskey from core/less/530/20200305235121 into /bin
★ Binlinked lesskey from core/less/530/20200305235121 to /bin/lesskey
» Binlinking lessecho from core/less/530/20200305235121 into /bin
★ Binlinked lessecho from core/less/530/20200305235121 to /bin/lessecho
» Binlinking less from core/less/530/20200305235121 into /bin
★ Binlinked less from core/less/530/20200305235121 to /bin/less

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example, to enter the less application and view help

/bin/less --help or less --help

or to print the same to stdout

echo "$(less --help)"

$ echo "$(less --help)"

                   SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS

      Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, N.
      Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if N is given.
      A key preceded by a caret indicates the Ctrl key; thus ^K is ctrl-K.

  h  H                 Display this help.
  q  :q  Q  :Q  ZZ     Exit.
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                           MOVING

  e  ^E  j  ^N  CR  *  Forward  one line   (or N lines).
  y  ^Y  k  ^K  ^P  *  Backward one line   (or N lines).
  f  ^F  ^V  SPACE  *  Forward  one window (or N lines).
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