---
name: "mblaze-less"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mblaze"
version: "1.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mblaze-less"
---

# mblaze-less(1)

conveniently read messages in less(1)

## NAME

**mless** – conveniently read messages in [less(1)](/less/1.md)

## SYNOPSIS

**mless** \[*msg*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**mless** runs [less(1)](/less/1.md) on the output of [mshow(1)](/mshow/1.md) for the current sequence. Display starts with the current message, or *msg* if passed.( See [mmsg(7)](/mmsg/7.md) for the message argument syntax.)

When no messages are passed and the standard input is from a pipe, ‘mseq -S’ is called to set the current sequence; **mless** is then run on the resulting sequence. The first "file" of the less instance will be the output of [mscan(1)](/mscan/1.md). This makes **mless** convenient for use at the end of a pipeline.

**mless** will start [less(1)](/less/1.md) and display the current message, if possible. Use ‘**:n**’ and ‘**:p**’ to read the next (resp. previous) message.

## EXIT STATUS

The **mless** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[less(1)](/less/1.md), [mscan(1)](/mscan/1.md), [mseq(1)](/mseq/1.md), [mshow(1)](/mshow/1.md), [mmsg(7)](/mmsg/7.md)

## AUTHORS

Leah Neukirchen ⟨*leah@vuxu.org*⟩

## LICENSE

**mless** is in the public domain.

To the extent possible under law, the creator of this work has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.

**http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/**