MORE("1") manual page
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more - file perusal filter for
crt viewing
more [options] file...
more is a filter for
paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is especially
primitive. Users should realize that less(1)
provides more(1)
emulation
plus extensive enhancements.
Options are also taken from the environment
variable MORE (make sure to precede them with a dash (-)) but command-line
options will override those.
- -d
- Prompt with "[Press space to continue, ’q’
to quit.]", and display "[Press ’h’ for instructions.]" instead of ringing
the bell when an illegal key is pressed.
- -l
- Do not pause after any line containing
a ^L (form feed).
- -f
- Count logical lines, rather than screen lines (i.e., long
lines are not folded).
- -p
- Do not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen
and then display the text. Notice that this option is switched on automatically
if the executable is named page.
- -c
- Do not scroll. Instead, paint each screen
from the top, clearing the remainder of each line as it is displayed.
- -s
- Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
- -u
- Suppress underlining.
- -number
- The
screen size to use, in number of lines.
- +number
- Start displaying each file
at line number.
- +/string
- The string to be searched in each file before starting
to display it.
Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1)
.
Some commands may be preceded by a decimal number, called k in the descriptions
below. In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
- h or ?
- Help; display
a summary of these commands. If you forget all other commands, remember
this one.
- SPACE
- Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen
size.
- z
- Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size. Argument
becomes new default.
- RETURN
- Display next k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
Argument becomes new default.
- d or ^D
- Scroll k lines. Default is current scroll
size, initially 11. Argument becomes new default.
- q or Q or INTERRUPT
- Exit.
- s
- Skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
- f
- Skip forward k screenfuls
of text. Defaults to 1.
- b or ^B
- Skip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults
to 1. Only works with files, not pipes.
- ’
- Go to the place where the last
search started.
- =
- Display current line number.
- /pattern
- Search for kth occurrence
of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
- n
- Search for kth occurrence of last
regular expression. Defaults to 1.
- !command or :!command
- Execute command in
a subshell.
- v
- Start up an editor at current line. The editor is taken from
the environment variable VISUAL if defined, or EDITOR if VISUAL is not
defined, or defaults to vi if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR is defined.
- ^L
- Redraw
screen.
- :n
- Go to kth next file. Defaults to 1.
- :p
- Go to kth previous file.
Defaults to 1.
- :f
- Display current file name and line number. .
- Repeat previous
command.
The more command respects the following environment
variables, if they exist:
- MORE
- This variable may be set with favored options
to more.
- SHELL
- Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login
time).
- TERM
- The terminal type used by more to get the terminal characteristics
necessary to manipulate the screen.
- VISUAL
- The editor the user prefers.
Invoked when command key v is pressed.
- EDITOR
- The editor of choice when
VISUAL is not specified.
vi(1)
, less(1)
Eric Shienbrood,
UC Berkeley
Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing
Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment variable
The
more command appeared in 3.0BSD. This man page documents more version 5.19
(Berkeley 6/29/88), which is currently in use in the Linux community. Documentation
was produced using several other versions of the man page, and extensive
inspection of the source code.
The more command is part of the
util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive
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