more — file perusal filter for crt viewing
more [−dlfpcsu] [−num] [ +/ pattern ] [ + linenum ] [
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 and extensive enhancements.
Command line options are described below. Options are also
taken from the environment variable MORE (make sure to precede them with a dash
(``-'')) but command line options will override them.
−numThis option specifies an integer which is the screen size (in lines).
−dmore will prompt the user with the message "[Press space to continue, 'q' to quit.]" and will display "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing the bell when an illegal key is pressed.
−lmore
usually treats ^L (form
feed) as a special character, and will pause after any
line that contains a form feed. The −l option will prevent this
behavior.
−fCauses more to count logical, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are not folded).
−pDo not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the text.
−cDo not scroll. Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing the remainder of each line as it is displayed.
−sSqueeze multiple blank lines into one.
−uSuppress underlining.
+/The +/
option specifies a string that will be searched for
before each file is displayed.
+numStart at line number num.
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 the other commands, remember this one.
SPACEDisplay next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
zDisplay next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size. Argument becomes new default.
RETURNDisplay next k lines of text. Defaults to 1. Argument becomes new default.
d or
^DScroll k lines. Default is current scroll size, initially 11. Argument becomes new default.
q or
Q or INTERRUPTExit.
sSkip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
fSkip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
b or
^BSkip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1. Only works with files, not pipes.
'Go to place where previous search started.
=Display current line number.
/
patternSearch for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
nSearch for kth occurrence of last r.e. Defaults to 1.
!<cmd> or
:!<cmd>Execute <cmd> in a subshell
vStart 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.
^LRedraw screen
:nGo to kth next file. Defaults to 1.
:pGo to kth previous file. Defaults to 1.
:fDisplay current file name and line number
.Repeat previous command
More utilizes the following environment variables, if they exist:
MOREThis variable may be set with favored options to more.
SHELLCurrent shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
TERMSpecifies terminal type, used by more to get the terminal characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
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 BSD3.0. 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.
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