How can I save the current contents of less to a file?

Question

If I've piped the results of a command to less and then decided that I want to save the contents to a file, is this possible?

I've tried setting a mark a at the end of the buffer, and then returning to the top and using |avi to send the whole contents to vi, but that doesn't work.

Answer 1

On my system, man less says

       s filename
              Save the input to a file.  This only works if  the  input  is  a
              pipe, not an ordinary file.

Works for me!

Answer 2

Use the > operator. For example: less foo.bar > output.txt.

Answer 3

No if you have started less, but if you know before yu want to send it to less and a file then you can use the tee command

command | tee out_file | less