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title: "less(1): scroll back one page"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2024/09/less1-scroll-back-one-page/
last_updated: 2025-09-05
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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.