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Expand Up @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Explore is a table pager, just like `less` but for table structured data.

### Parameters

- `--head {boolean}`: turn off column headers
- `--index`: show row indexes (by default it's not showed)
- `--reverse`: start from the last row
- `--peek`: returns a last used value, so it can be used in next pipelines
- `--head {bool}`: Show or hide column headers (default true)
- `--index, -i`: Show row indexes when viewing a list
- `--tail, -t`: Start with the viewport scrolled to the bottom
- `--peek, -p`: When quitting, output the value of the cell the cursor was on

## Get Started

Expand All @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ls | explore -i

So the main point of [`explore`](/commands/docs/explore.md) is `:table` (Which you see on the above screenshot).

You can interact with it via `<Left>`, `<Right>`, `<Up>`, `<Down>` _arrow keys_.
You can interact with it via `<Left>`, `<Right>`, `<Up>`, `<Down>` _arrow keys_. It also supports the `Vim` keybindings `<h>`, `<j>`, `<k>`, and `<l>`, `<Ctrl-f>` and `<Ctrl-b>`, and it supports the `Emacs` keybindings `<Ctrl-v>`, `<Alt-v>`, `<Ctrl-p>`, and `<Ctrl-n>`.

You can inspect a underlying values by entering into cursor mode. You can press either `<i>` or `<Enter>` to do so.
Then using _arrow keys_ you can choose a necessary cell.
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