Name
more
Synopsis
more [options
] [files
]
Displays the named files
on a terminal,
one screen 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 (Ctrl-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 screen to
num
lines. Default is one screen.-
num
RETURN
Display
num
lines of text, and redefine a screen tonum
lines. Default is one line.-
num
d
,^D
Scroll
num
lines of text, and redefine scroll size tonum
lines. Default scroll is 11 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 number of current line.
-
/
pattern ...
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