1BMORE(1)                    General Commands Manual                   BMORE(1)
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NAME

6       bmore - browse through a binary file
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SYNOPSIS

9       bmore [ -acdi ] [ -n lines ] [ -w cols ] [ +linenumber ] [ +/ASCII-pat‐
10       tern ] [ +\Hex-pattern ] [ filename ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       more is a filter that displays the contents of a  binary  file  on  the
14       terminal,  one  screenful  at  a  time.   It normally pauses after each
15       screenful, and prints --More-- at the bottom of the screen.  bmore pro‐
16       vides  a  two-line overlap between screens for continuity.  If bmore is
17       reading from a file rather than a pipe, the  percentage  of  characters
18       displayed so far is also shown.
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20       bmore  scrolls  up  to  display  one  more screen line in response to a
21       RETURN character; it displays another screenful in response to a  SPACE
22       character.  Other commands are listed below.
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24       The  screen  is  divided  in  three  sections or panes: The byte offset
25       (extreme left), the hex pane (middle), and an ascii pane (right)  which
26       shows  as  printable  characters those bytes in the hex pane.  On an 80
27       column terminal there will be sixteen hex values and their ASCII values
28       on  each  screen  line.  Note that (as one would expect) the first byte
29       has the offset 0 (zero).
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31       bmore sets the terminal to noecho mode, so that the output can be  con‐
32       tinuous.  Commands that you type do not normally show up on your termi‐
33       nal, except for the / , \ and !  commands.
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35       If the standard output is not a terminal, more acts just like  cat(1V),
36       except that a header is printed before each file in a series.
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OPTIONS

39       -a     ASCII mode: no hex representation of the contents. Non printable
40              characters are displayed as a dot (.)
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42       -c     Clear  before  displaying.  Redrawing  the  screen  instead   of
43              scrolling.
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45       -d     Display  error messages rather than ringing the terminal bell if
46              an unrecognized command is used.  This is helpful for  inexperi‐
47              enced users.
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49       -i     Ignore case for searching.
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51       -n lines
52              Displays the indicated number of lines in each screenful, rather
53              than the default (the number of lines  in  the  terminal  screen
54              less two).
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56       -w cols
57              Display number of cols in each line.
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59       +linenumber
60              Start up at linenumber.
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62       +/ASCII-pattern
63              Start  up at the line containing the regular expression pattern.
64              Note: unlike editors, this construct should not end with a  `/'.
65              If  it  does, then the trailing slash is taken as a character in
66              the search pattern.
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69       USAGE
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71   Commands
72       The commands take effect immediately;  it is not necessary  to  type  a
73       carriage  return.   Up to the time when the command character itself is
74       given, the user may type the line kill character to cancel the  numeri‐
75       cal  argument  being  formed.  In addition, the user may type the erase
76       character to redisplay the `--More--(xx%)' message.
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78       In the following commands, i is a numerical argument (1 by default).
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80       iSPACE    Display another screenful, or i more lines if i is specified.
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82       iRETURN   Display another line, or i more lines, if specified.
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84       i^D       (CTRL-D) Display (scroll down) 11 more lines.   i  is  given,
85                 the scroll size is set to i.
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87       id        Same as ^D.
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89       iz        Same  as  SPACE,  except  that i, if present, becomes the new
90                 default number of lines per screenful.
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92       is        Skip i lines and then print a screenful.
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94       if        Skip i screenfuls and then print a screenful.
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96       i^B       (CTRL-B) Skip back i screenfuls and then print a screenful.
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98       b         Same as ^B (CTRL-D).
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101       Q         Exit from more.
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103       =         Display the current line number.
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105       v         Drop into the bvi(1) editor at the current offset of the cur‐
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108       w         Drop into the bvi(1) editor at the current offset of the cur‐
109                 rent file. Only the portion of  the  file  displayed  on  the
110                 screen will be loaded.
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112       h         Help.  Give a description of all the more commands.
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114       i/pattern Search  for the ith occurrence of the regular expression pat‐
115                 tern.  Display the screenful starting at  the  file  position
116                 that contains the ith match for the regular expression ASCII-
117                 pattern, or the end of a pipe,  whichever  comes  first.   If
118                 bmore  is  displaying  a file and there is no such match, its
119                 position in the file remains unchanged.  Regular  expressions
120                 can  be edited using erase and kill characters.  Erasing back
121                 past the first column cancels the search command.
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123       ´         Single quote.  Go to the point from  which  the  last  search
124                 started.   If  no  search  has  been performed in the current
125                 file, go to the beginning of the file.
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127       !command  Invoke a shell to execute command.  The characters %  and  !,
128                 when  used within command are replaced with the current file‐
129                 name and the previous shell command, respectively.  If  there
130                 is  no  current  filename, % is not expanded. Prepend a back‐
131                 slash to these characters to escape expansion.
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133       i:n       Skip to the ith next filename given in the command  line,  or
134                 to the last filename in the list if i is out of range.
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136       i:p       Skip  to the ith previous filename given in the command line,
137                 or to the first filename if i is  out  of  range.   If  given
138                 while  more  is positioned within a file, go to the beginning
139                 of the file.  If more is reading from  a  pipe,  more  simply
140                 rings the terminal bell.
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142       :f        Display the current filename and offset number.
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144       :q
145       :Q        Exit from bmore (same as q or Q ).
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147       .         Dot.  Repeat the previous command.
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150       FILES
151       /etc/termcap        terminal data base
152       /usr/share/bvi/bmore.help
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SEE ALSO

156       bvi(1), termcap(5)
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