Name
more
—
\windows\system32\more.com
Synopsis
Display the contents of a file with the output of another command, but pause the display so that only one screen of text is shown at a time.
Syntax
more /e [/c] [/p] [/s] [/tn] [+n] [filename
]
more [/e [/c] [/p] [/s] [/tn] [+n]] < filename
{some other command}
| more [/e [/c] [/p] [/s] [/tn] [+n]]
Description
more
displays one screen of text at a time.
more
is often used as a filter with other commands
that may send a lot of output to the screen (i.e., to read standard
input from a pipe or redirected file). Press any key to see the next
screenful of output. Press Ctrl-C to end the output before it is
done.
more
accepts the following options:
-
filename
Specifies the name of a file to display.
-
/c
Clears the screen before displaying file.
-
/e
If the /e option is specified, the following additional extended commands are available at the — More — prompt:
-
P
n
Displays next
n
lines.-
S
n
Skips next
n
lines.-
Spacebar
Displays next page.
-
Enter
Displays next line.
-
F
Displays next file.
-
Q
Quits.
-
=
Shows line number.
-
?
Shows help.
-
/p
Expands form-feed characters.
-
/s
Squeezes multiple blank lines into a single line.
-
/t
n
Expands tabs characters to
n
spaces (default 8).-
+
n
Starts display of the file at line
n
.-
filename
Specifies the name of a file to display.
Examples
Display the contents of \Windows\readme.txt
and
pause for each screenful of text (both of the following examples have
the same effect):
C:\>more c:\windows\readme.txt
C:\>type c:\windows\readme.txt ...
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