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

6       more - display the contents of a file in a terminal
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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       -e, --exit-on-eof
30           Exit on End-Of-File, enabled by default if POSIXLY_CORRECT
31           environment variable is not set or if not executed on terminal.
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33       -f, --no-pause
34           Count logical lines, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are
35           not folded).
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37       -p, --print-over
38           Do not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the
39           text. Notice that this option is switched on automatically if the
40           executable is named page.
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42       -c, --clean-print
43           Do not scroll. Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing
44           the remainder of each line as it is displayed.
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46       -s, --squeeze
47           Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
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49       -u, --plain
50           Suppress underlining. This option is silently ignored as backwards
51           compatibility.
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53       -n, --lines number
54           Specify the number of lines per screenful. The number argument is a
55           positive decimal integer. The --lines option shall override any
56           values obtained from any other source, such as number of lines
57           reported by terminal.
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59       -number
60           A numeric option means the same as --lines option argument.
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62       +number
63           Start displaying each file at line number.
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65       +/string
66           The string to be searched in each file before starting to display
67           it.
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69       -h, --help
70           Display help text and exit.
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72       -V, --version
73           Print version and exit.
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COMMANDS

76       Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1). Some commands may be
77       preceded by a decimal number, called k in the descriptions below. In
78       the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
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80       h or ?
81           Help; display a summary of these commands. If you forget all other
82           commands, remember this one.
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84       SPACE
85           Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
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87       z
88           Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
89           Argument becomes new default.
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91       RETURN
92           Display next k lines of text. Defaults to 1. Argument becomes new
93           default.
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95       d or ^D
96           Scroll k lines. Default is current scroll size, initially 11.
97           Argument becomes new default.
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99       q or Q or INTERRUPT
100           Exit.
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102       s
103           Skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
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105       f
106           Skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
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108       b or ^B
109           Skip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1. Only works with
110           files, not pipes.
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112       '
113           Go to the place where the last search started.
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115       =
116           Display current line number.
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118       /pattern
119           Search for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
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121       n
122           Search for kth occurrence of last regular expression. Defaults to
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125       !command or :!command
126           Execute command in a subshell.
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128       v
129           Start up an editor at current line. The editor is taken from the
130           environment variable VISUAL if defined, or EDITOR if VISUAL is not
131           defined, or defaults to vi(1) if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR is
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134       ^L
135           Redraw screen.
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137       :n
138           Go to kth next file. Defaults to 1.
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140       :p
141           Go to kth previous file. Defaults to 1.
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143       :f
144           Display current file name and line number.
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146       .
147           Repeat previous command.
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ENVIRONMENT

150       The more command respects the following environment variables, if they
151       exist:
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153       MORE
154           This variable may be set with favored options to more.
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156       SHELL
157           Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
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159       TERM
160           The terminal type used by more to get the terminal characteristics
161           necessary to manipulate the screen.
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163       VISUAL
164           The editor the user prefers. Invoked when command key v is pressed.
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166       EDITOR
167           The editor of choice when VISUAL is not specified.
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169       POSIXLY_CORRECT
170           Disable exit-on-eof (see option -e for more details).
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HISTORY

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

179       Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley.
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181       Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing.
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183       Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment variable.
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SEE ALSO

186       less(1), vi(1)
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REPORTING BUGS

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

193       The more command is part of the util-linux package which can be
194       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
195       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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