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Summary

less is a terminal pager[1]. less draws 223 Wikipedia views per month (terminal_pager category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • less is the creator of Mark Nudelman[3].
  • less's instance of is recorded as terminal pager[4].
  • less's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • less's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • less's maintained by is recorded as Mark Nudelman[7].
  • less's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[8].
  • less's copyright license is recorded as 2-clause BSD License[9].
  • less's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[10].
  • less's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[11].
  • less's operating system is recorded as BSD[12].
  • less's operating system is recorded as macOS[13].
  • less's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[14].
  • less's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[15].
  • less's operating system is recorded as Q47604[16].
  • less's operating system is recorded as Q189794[17].
  • less's operating system is recorded as OS-9[18].
  • less's operating system is recorded as z/OS[19].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 458[20].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 481[21].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 487[22].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 436[23].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 530[24].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 443[25].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 444[26].
  • less's software version identifier is recorded as 451[27].

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Authorship and Creation

less is the creator of Mark Nudelman[3].

Why It Matters

less draws 223 Wikipedia views per month (terminal_pager category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] less has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] less is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . manpages.debian.org. Retrieved . manpages.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . public.dhe.ibm.com. Retrieved . public.dhe.ibm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . thread.gmane.org. Retrieved . thread.gmane.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . mail-archive.com. Retrieved . mail-archive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . greenwoodsoftware.com. Retrieved . greenwoodsoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · S8321414 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    License
    Instance of terminal pager, GNU package, free software
    Copyright status copyrighted
    Part of GNU Project
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 692"
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