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'\" t
-.TH LESS 1 "Version 632: 06 Apr 2023"
+.TH LESS 1 "Version 643: 20 Jul 2023"
.SH NAME
less \- opposite of more
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ while it is being viewed.
(The behavior is similar to the "tail \-f" command.)
To stop waiting for more data, enter the interrupt character (usually \(haC).
On systems which support
-.BR poll (1)
+.BR poll (2)
you can also use \(haX or the character specified by the \-\-intr option.
If the input is a pipe and the \-\-exit-follow-on-close option is in effect,
.B less
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ Search forward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern.
N defaults to 1.
The pattern is a regular expression, as recognized by
the regular expression library supplied by your system.
+By default, searching is case-sensitive (uppercase and lowercase
+are considered different); the \-i option can be used to change this.
The search starts at the first line displayed
(but see the \-a and \-j options, which change this).
.sp
@@ -489,10 +491,10 @@ so it may be necessary to use the R or F command to see more data.
The \-\-intr option can be used to specify a different character
to use instead of \(haX.
This command works only on systems that support the
-.BR poll (1)
+.BR poll (2)
function.
On systems without
-.BR poll (1),
+.BR poll (2),
the interrupt character (usually \(haC) can be used instead.
.
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -720,6 +722,11 @@ CHAR_INFO.Attributes values
.nh
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/char-info-str).
.hy
+.PP
+On MS-DOS only, the \-Da option may be used to specify strict parsing of
+ANSI color (SGR) sequences when the \-R option is used.
+Without this option, sequences that change text attributes
+(bold, underline, etc.) may clear the text color.
.RE
.IP "\-e or \-\-quit-at-eof"
Causes