[ANSWERED] Less Command Not Working

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, but I have not been successful in using the less command to show the contents of a log file. I've tried both as a standard user and with elevated permissions. No luck. I am running 14.04.2 in my lab My alternate was to use the MORE command which appears to produce the same results. Hi @mkuhn, Are you receiving an error message? Or can you copy/paste here the command and output you are getting? --Stark Strange today is seems to work, but could you explain what the difference is between LESS vs MORE? The main difference is that ```more``` can't easily handle large files, so when it's passed text too large for the screen it pages it. Essentially, you can only scroll down. ```Less``` allows you to scroll up and down. ```Less``` is also relatively massive (compared to ```more```) and, as a result, you're more likely to find ```more``` on embedded systems instead of ```less```. Think routers, switches, NAS, etc. --Stark there is also "most" (but you might need to install this), which does the same as less, but colourcoded. Makes stuff a bit easier to read. Sorry, I'm really a newbee, what is the apt-get command to install the MOST command? @mkuhn I'd assume it's ```apt-get install most```, but that'll depend on which distro you're using. I tried installing ```most``` on a new Debian install (Jessie), but it wasn't available in the repository. According to a post in Ubuntu forums, however, they're saying the above apt-get command does work. I also searched Ubuntu repositories \[online version\] which does seem to include most. --Stark Sorry, I should have replied earlier. Just for giggles I did try the apt-get install most and it worked like a charm. I have to admit I am truly impressed with this site and the help every one gives! Thanks Guys! here's the site for [most](https://www.jedsoft.org/most/) I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, but I have not been successful in using the less command to show the contents of a log file. I've tried both as a standard user and with elevated permissions. No luck. I am running 14.04.2 in my lab My alternate was to use the MORE command which appears to produce the same results.