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1MORE(1)                          User Commands                         MORE(1)
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NAME

6       more - file perusal filter for crt viewing
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SYNOPSIS

9       more [options] file...
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DESCRIPTION

12       more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.  This
13       version is especially primitive.  Users  should  realize  that  less(1)
14       provides more(1) emulation plus extensive enhancements.
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OPTIONS

17       Options are also taken from the environment variable MORE (make sure to
18       precede them with a dash (-)) but command-line  options  will  override
19       those.
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21       -d, --silent
22              Prompt  with "[Press space to continue, 'q' to quit.]", and dis‐
23              play "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing the bell
24              when an illegal key is pressed.
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26       -l, --logical
27              Do not pause after any line containing a ^L (form feed).
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29       -f, --no-pause
30              Count  logical lines, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines
31              are not folded).
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33       -p, --print-over
34              Do not scroll.  Instead, clear the whole screen and then display
35              the  text.  Notice that this option is switched on automatically
36              if the executable is named page.
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38       -c, --clean-print
39              Do not scroll.  Instead, paint each screen from the top,  clear‐
40              ing the remainder of each line as it is displayed.
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42       -s, --squeeze
43              Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
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45       -u, --plain
46              Suppress  underlining.  This option is silently ignored as back‐
47              wards compatibility.
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49       -n, --lines number
50              Specify the number of lines per screenful.  The number  argument
51              is  a  positive decimal integer.  The --lines option shall over‐
52              ride any values obtained from any other source, such  as  number
53              of lines reported by terminal.
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55       -number
56              A numeric option means the same as --lines option argument.
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58       +number
59              Start displaying each file at line number.
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61       +/string
62              The  string  to be searched in each file before starting to dis‐
63              play it.
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65       --help Display help text and exit.
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67       -V, --version
68              Display version information and exit.
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COMMANDS

71       Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1).  Some commands may be
72       preceded  by  a decimal number, called k in the descriptions below.  In
73       the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
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75              h or ?    Help; display a summary of  these  commands.   If  you
76                        forget all other commands, remember this one.
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78              SPACE     Display  next  k  lines  of text.  Defaults to current
79                        screen size.
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81              z         Display next k lines of  text.   Defaults  to  current
82                        screen size.  Argument becomes new default.
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84              RETURN    Display  next  k lines of text.  Defaults to 1.  Argu‐
85                        ment becomes new default.
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87              d or ^D   Scroll k lines.  Default is current scroll size,  ini‐
88                        tially 11.  Argument becomes new default.
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90              q or Q or INTERRUPT
91                        Exit.
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93              s         Skip forward k lines of text.  Defaults to 1.
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95              f         Skip forward k screenfuls of text.  Defaults to 1.
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97              b or ^B   Skip  backwards  k screenfuls of text.  Defaults to 1.
98                        Only works with files, not pipes.
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100              '         Go to the place where the last search started.
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102              =         Display current line number.
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104              /pattern  Search  for  kth  occurrence  of  regular  expression.
105                        Defaults to 1.
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107              n         Search  for kth occurrence of last regular expression.
108                        Defaults to 1.
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110              !command or :!command
111                        Execute command in a subshell.
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113              v         Start up an editor at current  line.   The  editor  is
114                        taken from the environment variable VISUAL if defined,
115                        or EDITOR if VISUAL is not defined, or defaults to  vi
116                        if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR is defined.
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118              ^L        Redraw screen.
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120              :n        Go to kth next file.  Defaults to 1.
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122              :p        Go to kth previous file.  Defaults to 1.
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124              :f        Display current file name and line number.
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126              .         Repeat previous command.
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ENVIRONMENT

129       The  more command respects the following environment variables, if they
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132       MORE   This variable may be set with favored options to more.
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134       SHELL  Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
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136       TERM   The terminal type used by more to get the terminal  characteris‐
137              tics necessary to manipulate the screen.
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139       VISUAL The  editor  the  user  prefers.   Invoked when command key v is
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142       EDITOR The editor of choice when VISUAL is not specified.
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HISTORY

145       The more command appeared in 3.0BSD.  This man page documents more ver‐
146       sion  5.19  (Berkeley  6/29/88), which is currently in use in the Linux
147       community.  Documentation was produced using several other versions  of
148       the man page, and extensive inspection of the source code.
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AUTHORS

151       Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
152       Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing
153       Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment variable
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AVAILABILITY

159       The  more  command  is  part of the util-linux package and is available
160       from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
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