less(1): scroll back one page

10 Sep, 2024 • 38 words • 1 min • updated 05 Sep, 2025

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less(1): you use SPC to scroll forward. How to scroll back?

I would think Shift + SPC would be the sought shortcut, but it isn’t.

Press b (short for “backward(s)”).

…which also implies: use f to scroll forward.