On Sun 28 Mar 2021 at 20:38:08 (+0200), l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > Strictly speaking, my question is not on Debian itself, but on usage of less > command running on my Buster (487-0.1+b1). > > Is there a way to save *filtered* less results in a file or on stdout please? > > What I mean by "filtered" is results obtained via "&" or "&!" command inside > less. > > Indeed, commands like "|", "-o" or "s" inside less don't seem to take > filtering into account...
When you've used & pattern to display lines containing your pattern, then | . grep pattern > filename will apply the same filter to the lines selected by | ., where I've used . but you could use ^ or $ or a mark instead, as appropriate. Cheers, David.
