I try to use "man command" but terminal gives me this output "Value is required after -x (--tabs)". What is this?
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What is the _exact_ command you're giving when you get that error message? – Kusalananda Sep 02 '20 at 12:41
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for example: man less then output "Value is required after -x (--tabs)" – Emcil Sep 02 '20 at 12:44
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1I suspect the error is coming from the `less` pager that is used by default to paginate `man` pages - perhaps because of an environment variable setting such as `LESS=-x`. What happens if you type `LESS= man less` ? – steeldriver Sep 02 '20 at 12:49
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while i typed man less i gave that error – Emcil Sep 02 '20 at 12:54
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Thanks guys it worked "export LESS=man less – Emcil Sep 02 '20 at 13:00
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4@miladiiism That's a nonsensical command that happens to resolve your issue by accident. It would be better to know where you originally set `LESS` to `-x` and then fix that. – Kusalananda Sep 02 '20 at 13:28