How can i fix "ls > less" in Cent-Os. I made this mistake in the process of learning Linux. Being new to the platform and Os and learning from a manual i read the command in a context and thought to see what it does, now after some research i'm still unable to fix it, can someone please help me?
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2What exactly is your problem?– MariusMatutiaeNov 15, 2013 at 10:18
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If you did a ls > less in some local directory, you've just created a file called less, which contains a listing of the current directory. No big deal… just delete it:
rm ./less
Unless, of course, you were in /usr/bin and had root privileges. Because then you overwrote your system's less command. Then, you should restore it from a backup. If you don't have a backup, you should do a system reinstallation, but of course backing up your home directory and important configuration before you wipe your drive. In any case you should take a note never to run under root privileges when you're not 100% sure what you're doing.
If you're not up for a reinstallation and don't have a backup, you can use another pager instead of less, e.g. the not as nice more, by running cp /usr/bin/{more,less}. But that's really not recommended.
