man less
-X or --no-init
Disables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization strings to the terminal. This is sometimes desirable if the deinitialization string does something unnecessary, like clearing the screen.
Bonus:
If you want to clear the screen after viewing a file this way that had sensitive information, hit or just type clear. Since is readily available, I don't know why less bothers to automatically clear. If you're viewing the file at all, chances are you want to see the output from it after you quit.
# less -X /var/log/acpid .... [Thu Nov 1 13:09:15 2007] starting up [Thu Nov 1 13:09:15 2007] 1 rule loaded [Thu Nov 1 13:09:15 2007] client connected from 3180[82:82] [Thu Nov 1 13:09:15 2007] 1 client rule loaded [Thu Jan 17 15:15:08 2008] starting up /var/log/acpid lines 1-43/69 61% (q typed) #
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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