interior product of a wedge product (Leibnitz ruel)

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I want to prove that $i_v(T\wedge S)=(i_vT)\wedge S+(-1)^kT\wedge(i_vS)$

where $T\in \lambda^k V^*$, and $S\in \lambda^lV^*$.

For that I have two clues.

First I saw the advice to begin with the particular case $T=\xi_1\wedge\ldots\xi_l$ and $S=\sigma_1\wedge\ldots\wedge \sigma_l$. In that particular case, I can use the formula

$(\xi_1\wedge\ldots \wedge \xi_k)(v_1,\ldots,v_k)=\det\big( \xi_i(v_j)\big)$

and maybe the invariance of the determinant by permutation of columns ?

The second clue I have is to divide the symmetric group $S_{k+l}$ in two parts :

$A=\{ \sigma\in S_{k+l}\,s.t. \sigma(1)\leq k \}$

$B=\{ \sigma\in S_{k+l}\,s.t. \sigma(1)> k \}$

When developing $i_v(T\wedge S)$, hopefully the part of the sum in $A$ will provide the term $(i_vT)\wedge S$ because the $v$ will remain in the "$T$ part".

Anyway.

QUESTION : How to prove $i_v(T\wedge S)=(i_vT)\wedge S+(-1)^kT\wedge(i_vS)$ ?