What is the `less` command line option to page to the next file at the end of the current one?

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I'm sure there used to be an option in less which allowed you to page onto the next file after you reached the end of the current file, so you could just keep *space*ing through a bunch of short files without having to keep :ning to get to the next one.

Could someone remind me what it is?

You might find `cat file1 file2 |less` or `tail -n +1 file1 file2 |less` useful. — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Jul 13 '11 at 22:17
I second the question to the downvoter. I can guess someone had thought that the `-e` option was obvious, but looking at the `manpage`, I can't agree with that. — rozcietrzewiacz, Nov 23 '11 at 23:35
It's not worth worrying about @rozcietrzewiacz some people do just downvote for no apparent reason. — Mark Booth, Nov 24 '11 at 14:28
Thanks for the tag correction @Gilles, `paging` refers to virtual memory. — Mark Booth, Nov 24 '11 at 14:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '11 at 14:19

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You might try the -e option.

answered Jul 13 '11 at 14:19

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Ah, thanks, so what I remembered was a side effect of the `--quit-at-eof` option rather than being an option in it's own right. – Mark Booth Jul 13 '11 at 14:32

What is the `less` command line option to page to the next file at the end of the current one?

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