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In openSUSE 12.2, the less command counts line numbers when the file is opened. This causes a lot of delays when working with huge files. Is there a way to disable this option?

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My less (cygwin) has a -n option to suppress that default behavior. Equivalent to the long version --line-numbers. Do man less to see your less's options.

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  • `-n` option counts the bytes instead of number of lines. But yes, it is fast and saves from delay of counting line numbers of huge files. – M.sh Feb 27 '16 at 12:52
  • Probably because bytes can be `seek`ed (where lines generally can't, without using some sort of index on newlines). – Jeff Y Feb 27 '16 at 13:04