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How to find the pager used by man?

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How to find the pager used by man command.

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Talespin_Kit Avatar asked Nov 28 '25 20:11

Talespin_Kit


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From man man option(snippet below) -P to change pager and default pager is /usr/bin/less

-P pager Specify which pager to use. This option overrides the MANPAGER environment variable, which in turn overrides the PAGER variable. By default, man uses /usr/bin/less -is.

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Neera Avatar answered Nov 30 '25 10:11

Neera



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