NAME
more - file perusal filter for crt viewing
SYNOPSIS
more [-dlfpcsu ] [-num ] [+/
pattern] [+ linenum] [file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
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.
- -num
- This option specifies an integer which is the screen size (in
lines).
- -d
- more 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.
- -l
- more 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.
- -f
- Causes more to count logical, 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.
- -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.
- +/
- The +/ option specifies a string that will be searched
for before each file is displayed.
- +num
- Start at line number num
COMMANDS
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.
- 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 place where previous search started.
- =
- Display current line number.
- / pattern
- Search for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
- n
- Search for kth occurrence of last r.e. Defaults to 1.
- !<cmd> or :!<cmd>
- Execute <cmd> 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
ENVIRONMENT
More utilizes 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
- Specifies terminal type, used by more to get the terminal
characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
SEE ALSO
vi(1) less(1)
AUTHORS
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
HISTORY
The more command appeared in BSD 3.0 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.