Word wrap mode of "less" viewer is disabled by default in the system I work on. According to "less" viewer help, it is disabled with -S or --chop-long-lines flags. I did not find how to force word wrap on my system. Is there any known flag, or any other way, for enabling the mode?
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What do you mean by `force word wrap on my system`? – GMichael May 20 '16 at 09:09
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my system = virtual linux machine in my work (logging in from windows with VNC viewer), cent os 6.5, gnome, tc shell. – user1952686 May 20 '16 at 09:14
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Word wrapping is disabled using -S. Following the man page, you can reset that option by passing -+S to the command line.
Let's say you have $LESS set to -S, you can re-enable it on the command line with
less -+S file
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You may try using the LESS environment variable. For example, you can put the following into system-wide shell initialization script (/etc/profile for bash/ksh):
export LESS="-S "
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1thanks. solved. when i do echo "$LESS" i see "-i-S-q-u-R". That's why word wrap is disabled by default. – user1952686 May 20 '16 at 09:17