How to make less output persistent on the terminal, after quitting less?

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On my old system (Linux Mint 18.3), every time I used the less command and quitted (q), the last viewed page of less remained on the terminal (bash) view

On my new system (Min 19.3), when I quit 'less', everything fades, as if less was never opened (similar to what happens with 'nano' command, for example)

Is there a way to make less behave like in my old system? It was very useful when working e.g. with git logs

This question better fits https://superuser.com/. I voted to close and migrate it there. — Léa Gris, Mar 18 '20 at 17:14

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '20 at 16:30

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From 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.

answered Mar 18 '20 at 16:30

Cyrus

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Thanks! I looked through the manual options, but this one is not an obvious one at first glance – Luis de Arquer Mar 18 '20 at 16:42

How to make less output persistent on the terminal, after quitting less?

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