Equivalent of 'more' or 'less' command in Powershell?

Question

Is there a way to paginate the output by piping it to some \'more\' command, which is available in linux\\unix shells?

Answer 1

I prefer the "less" command over the "more" command. With the less command, results can also be paged backwards instead of just forwards.

The "less" from Git for Windows works for me*

To save typing I added the alias "l" for less in my Powershell profile (notepad $profile):

sal l "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\less.exe"

Look for less either in the above path or C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\less.exe or similar.

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*: I had errors in Powershell with the Gow version of "less".