Name
more
Synopsis
more [options
] [files
]
Displays the named files on a terminal, one
screenful at a time. See less
for an alternative
to more
. Some commands can be preceded by a
number.
Options
-
+
num
Begin displaying at line number num.
-
-
num
Set screen size to num lines.
-
+/
pattern
Begin displaying two lines before pattern.
-
-c
Repaint screen from top instead of scrolling.
-
-d
Display the prompt “Press space to continue, `q’ to quit” in response to illegal commands.
-
-f
Count logical rather than screen lines. Useful when long lines wrap past the width of the screen.
-
-l
Ignore form-feed (Control-L) characters.
-
-p
Page through the file by clearing each window instead of scrolling. This is sometimes faster.
-
-r
Force display of control characters, in the form
^x
.-
-s
Squeeze; display multiple blank lines as one.
-
-u
Suppress underline characters.
Commands
All commands in more
are based on
vi
commands. An argument can precede many
commands.
-
num
SPACE
Display next screen of text, or num more lines.
-
num
z
Display next lines of text, and redefine a screenful to num lines. Default is one screenful.
-
num
RETURN
Display num lines of text, and redefine a screenful to num lines. Default is one line.
-
num
d
,^D
Scroll num lines of text, and redefine scroll size to num lines. Default scroll is eleven lines.
-
q
,Q
, Quit.
-
num
s
Skip forward num lines of text.
-
num
f
Skip forward num screens of text.
-
num
b
,^B
Skip backward num screens of text.
-
'
Return to point where previous search began.
-
=
Print ...
Get Mac OS X in a Nutshell now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.