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I tried less command to view files in a zip file and to my surprise when I was done with the output, all my previous screen data was still present (which is not the case if i use more command for viewing a file content).

how does less command able to do this ?

Please refer the below images for more information..

before running the less command below is the terminal content,

After running the less command below is the terminal content,

How is less able to retain the terminal information unlike other commands like cat or more or zcat ?!

Any reference on this would also be of great help !

Thanks in advance..

ArigatoManga
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    This might help: [Show output on another “screen” and return to normal when done](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/27941/74329) – Cyrus Jul 19 '18 at 05:07
  • thanks for the link.. this is the answer to the question - https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/27953 – ArigatoManga Jul 19 '18 at 05:19

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