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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 display
23           "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing the bell when an
24           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 are
31           not folded).
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33       -p, --print-over
34           Do not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the
35           text. Notice that this option is switched on automatically if the
36           executable is named page.
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38       -c, --clean-print
39           Do not scroll. Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing
40           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 backwards
47           compatibility.
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49       -n, --lines number
50           Specify the number of lines per screenful. The number argument is a
51           positive decimal integer. The --lines option shall override any
52           values obtained from any other source, such as number of lines
53           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 display
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65       --help
66           Display help text and exit.
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68       -V, --version
69           Display version information and exit.
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COMMANDS

72       Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1). Some commands may be
73       preceded by a decimal number, called k in the descriptions below. In
74       the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
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76       h or ?
77           Help; display a summary of these commands. If you forget all other
78           commands, remember this one.
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80       SPACE
81           Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
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83       z
84           Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
85           Argument becomes new default.
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87       RETURN
88           Display next k lines of text. Defaults to 1. Argument becomes new
89           default.
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91       d or ^D
92           Scroll k lines. Default is current scroll size, initially 11.
93           Argument becomes new default.
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95       q or Q or INTERRUPT
96           Exit.
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98       s
99           Skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
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101       f
102           Skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
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104       b or ^B
105           Skip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1. Only works with
106           files, not pipes.
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108       '
109           Go to the place where the last search started.
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111       =
112           Display current line number.
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114       /pattern
115           Search for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
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117       n
118           Search for kth occurrence of last regular expression. Defaults to
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121       !command or :!command
122           Execute command in a subshell.
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124       v
125           Start up an editor at current line. The editor is taken from the
126           environment variable VISUAL if defined, or EDITOR if VISUAL is not
127           defined, or defaults to vi(1) if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR is
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130       ^L
131           Redraw screen.
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133       :n
134           Go to kth next file. Defaults to 1.
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136       :p
137           Go to kth previous file. Defaults to 1.
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139       :f
140           Display current file name and line number.
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142       .
143           Repeat previous command.
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ENVIRONMENT

146       The more command respects the following environment variables, if they
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149       MORE
150           This variable may be set with favored options to more.
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152       SHELL
153           Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
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155       TERM
156           The terminal type used by more to get the terminal characteristics
157           necessary to manipulate the screen.
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159       VISUAL
160           The editor the user prefers. Invoked when command key v is pressed.
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162       EDITOR
163           The editor of choice when VISUAL is not specified.
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HISTORY

166       The more command appeared in 3.0BSD. This man page documents more
167       version 5.19 (Berkeley 6/29/88), which is currently in use in the Linux
168       community. Documentation was produced using several other versions of
169       the man page, and extensive inspection of the source code.
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AUTHORS

172       Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley.
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174       Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing.
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176       Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment variable.
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REPORTING BUGS

182       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
183       https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.
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AVAILABILITY

186       The more command is part of the util-linux package which can be
187       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
188       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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192util-linux 2.37.2                 2021-06-02                           MORE(1)