Add prompt to help function use of less to instruct user how to quit - #7998
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PR Summary
Feedback is that new users don't know they are using
lessto page help content on non-Windows and it's not obvious how to quit. Thanks to Keith Hill (@rkeithhill) and Michael Klement (@mklement0) we can add a custom prompt tolessgiving user help.Fix #7988
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.h,.cpp,.cs,.ps1and.psm1files have the correct copyright headerWIP:to the beginning of the title and remove the prefix when the PR is ready.[feature]if the change is significant or affects feature tests