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# Browse And Search Help Docs
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There are a lot of tools that don't have dedicated `man` pages, but do have
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lengthy output when you pass them the `--help` flag.
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We can make those details easier to browse and searchable by piping them to
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`less`.
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```bash
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❯ uv run pytest --help | less
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```
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First, we see the top of the output inside `less` instead of bottom of the
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output right above our next terminal prompt.
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From `less`, we can use down and up arrows (or `j` and `k`) to navigate through
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the details. We can also jump to a specific word or phrase by searching -- type
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`/` and then the pattern we're trying to match. `n` and `N` to go to the next or
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previous match, respectively.
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See `man less` more more details. And if you like these improvements to viewing
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tool usage details, you may also be interested in [a better man page viewer](https://www.visualmode.dev/a-better-man-page-viewer).
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