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MORE(1) General Commands Manual MORE(1) NAME more, page - browse or page through a text file SYNOPSIS more [ -cdflsu ] [ -lines ] [ +linenumber ] [ +/pattern ] [ filename ... ] page [ -cdflsu ] [ -lines ] [ +linenumber ] [ +/pattern ] [ filename ... ] DESCRIPTION more is a filter that displays the contents of a text file on the ter- minal, one screenful at a time. It normally pauses after each screen- ful, and prints --More-- at the bottom of the screen. more provides a two-line overlap between screens for continuity. If more is reading from a file rather than a pipe, the percentage of characters displayed so far is also shown. more scrolls up to display one more line in response to a RETURN char- acter; it displays another screenful in response to a SPACE character. Other commands are listed below. page clears the screen before displaying the next screenful of text; it only provides a one-line overlap between screens. more sets the terminal to noecho mode, so that the output can be con- tinuous. Commands that you type do not normally show up on your termi- nal, except for the / and ! commands. If the standard output is not a terminal, more acts just like cat(1V), except that a header is printed before each file in a series. OPTIONS -c Clear before displaying. Redrawing the screen instead of scrolling for faster displays. This option is ignored if the terminal does not have the ability to clear to the end of a line. -d Display error messages rather than ringing the terminal bell if an unrecognized command is used. This is helpful for inexperi- enced users. -f Do not fold long lines. This is useful when lines contain non- printing characters or escape sequences, such as those generated when nroff(1) output is piped through ul(1). -l Do not treat FORMFEED characters (CTRL-D) as "page breaks." If -l is not used, more pauses to accept commands after any line containing a ^L character (CTRL-D). Also, if a file begins with a FORMFEED, the screen is cleared before the file is printed. -s Squeeze. Replace multiple blank lines with a single blank line. This is helpful when viewing nroff(1) output, on the screen. -u Suppress generation of underlining escape sequences. Normally, more handles underlining, such as that produced by nroff(1), in a manner appropriate to the terminal. If the terminal can per- form underlining or has a stand-out mode, more supplies appro- priate escape sequences as called for in the text file. -lines Display the indicated number of lines in each screenful, rather than the default (the number of lines in the terminal screen less two). +linenumber Start up at linenumber. +/pattern Start up two lines above the line containing the regular expres- sion pattern. Note: unlike editors, this construct should not end with a `/'. If it does, then the trailing slash is taken as a character in the search pattern. USAGE Environment more uses the terminal's termcap(5) entry to determine its display characteristics, and looks in the environment variable MORE for any preset options. For instance, to page through files using the -c mode by default, set the value of this variable to -c. (Normally, the com- mand sequence to set up this environment variable is placed in the .lo- gin or .profile file). Commands The commands take effect immediately; it is not necessary to type a carriage return. Up to the time when the command character itself is given, the user may type the line kill character to cancel the numeri- cal argument being formed. In addition, the user may type the erase character to redisplay the `--More--(xx%)' message. In the following commands, i is a numerical argument (1 by default). iSPACE Display another screenful, or i more lines if i is specified. iRETURN Display another line, or i more lines, if specified. i^D (CTRL-D) Display (scroll down) 11 more lines. i is given, the scroll size is set to i. id Same as ^D. iz Same as SPACE, except that i, if present, becomes the new de- fault number of lines per screenful. is Skip i lines and then print a screenful. if Skip i screenfuls and then print a screenful. i^B (CTRL-B) Skip back i screenfuls and then print a screenful. b Same as ^B (CTRL-D). q Q Exit from more. = Display the current line number. v Drop into the vi(1) editor at the current line of the current file. h Help. Give a description of all the more commands. i/pattern Search for the ith occurrence of the regular expression pat- tern. Display the screenful starting two lines prior to the line that contains the ith match for the regular expression pattern, or the end of a pipe, whichever comes first. If more is displaying a file and there is no such match, its po- sition in the file remains unchanged. Regular expressions can be edited using erase and kill characters. Erasing back past the first column cancels the search command. in Search for the ith occurrence of the last pattern entered. ' Single quote. Go to the point from which the last search started. If no search has been performed in the current file, go to the beginning of the file. !command Invoke a shell to execute command. The characters % and !, when used within command are replaced with the current file- name and the previous shell command, respectively. If there is no current filename, % is not expanded. Prepend a back- slash to these characters to escape expansion. i:n Skip to the ith next filename given in the command line, or to the last filename in the list if i is out of range. i:p Skip to the ith previous filename given in the command line, or to the first filename if i is out of range. If given while more is positioned within a file, go to the beginning of the file. If more is reading from a pipe, more simply rings the terminal bell. :f Display the current filename and line number. :q :Q Exit from more (same as q or Q ). . Dot. Repeat the previous command. ^\ Halt a partial display of text. more stops sending output, and displays the usual --More-- prompt. Unfortunately, some output is lost as a result. FILES /etc/termcap terminal data base /usr/lib/more.help help file SEE ALSO cat(1V), csh(1), man(1), script(1), sh(1), environ(5V), termcap(5) BUGS Skipping backwards is too slow on large files. 9 September 1987 MORE(1)
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