How do you run `less` and have it run a search pattern automatically?
From the man page:
-ppattern or --pattern=pattern
The -p option on the command line is equivalent to specifying
+/pattern; that is, it tells less to start at the first occur-
rence of pattern in the file.
This works as expected using the latest version of less (436).
You can use + to send arbitrary commands. E.g.:
less +/pattern
-p PATTERN (as posted by nik) is equivalent to +/PATTERN.
You mean like?
less -p PATTERN filename
That is in the manual.