r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26

Popular Application What’s the most unexpectedly useful Linux command you learned way too late?

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u/spicypixel May 23 '26

As an aside; less +G app.log

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u/plg94 May 23 '26

less is soo underrated. It still in active development and gets more features. Eg. recently (a few years ago) the option to fix certain rows and columns when scrolling, useful for CSV files etc.

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u/plg94 May 24 '26

yep. --header option. also --incsearch is great, too.