scrolling shortcuts in Cygwin terminal less output

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What keyboard shortcuts can I use to scroll up and down in an output that has been piped to less in the Cygwin terminal application?

I like being able to scroll in less using 'Shift'+'PgUp/PgDn', but when working with a large piped output today, I could not use the same commands. I couldn't find a specific answer to this in Google or stackoverflow.

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terminalcygwinvertical-scrollingless-unix
Are you asking about scrolling in less, or scrolling from the command line? - Politank-Z
Scrolling in the output from piping to 'less'. In the command line, I am able to scroll via 'Shift'+'PgUp' or 'PgDn', but cannot do that in 'less'. - Rick McDonnell

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less in Cygwin, at least when used with minTTY, responds to PgUp / PgDown (no shift) correctly. It also handles the mouse scroll wheel.