Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

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Linux

Commands

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help

version (display version)

digit (display number)

quit

The #line-edit section

The line editing section lets you choose keys for the line-

editing capabilities of less in a similar manner to the

#command section, although without the “extra” string after

the command. The line editing actions that can be defined are:

forw-complete

back-complete

expand

literal

right

left

word-left

word-right

insert

delete

word-delete

word-backspace

home

end

up

down

The #env section

The third section, like the second, is optional, and you can use

it to override environment variables that affect less. Each line

consists of a variable, the equals sign (=), and the value to

which you wish to set the variable. The most important ones

are LESS, which allows you to select additional flags to pass to

less when you run it, and LESSCHARSET, which lets you

choose a character set. See the less manpage for a complete list

of environment variables that affect the program.

lftp

lftp [options] [url]

File transfer program with more features than ftp. The lftp

command allows FTP and HTTP protocol transfers, plus other

protocols including FISH (SSH based), FTPS, and HTTPS. It uses a

shell-like command interface and offers job control in a manner

similar to bash. lftp has two important reliability features: it

resumes