1ZMORE(1) General Commands Manual ZMORE(1)
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6 zmore - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
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9 zmore [ name ... ]
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12 The zmore command is a filter which allows examination of compressed or
13 plain text files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. The
14 zmore command works on files compressed with compress, pack or gzip,
15 and also on uncompressed files. If a file does not exist, zmore looks
16 for a file of the same name with the addition of a .gz, .z or .Z suf‐
17 fix.
18 The zmore command normally pauses after each screenful, printing
20 --More-- at the bottom of the screen. If the user then types a car‐
21 riage return, one more line is displayed. If the user hits a space,
22 another screenful is displayed. Other possibilities are enumerated
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24 The zmore command looks in the file /etc/termcap to determine terminal
26 characteristics, and to determine the default window size. On a termi‐
27 nal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default window size is 22
28 lines. To use a pager other than the default more, set environment
29 variable PAGER to the name of the desired program, such as less.
30 Other sequences which may be typed when zmore pauses, and their ef‐
32 fects, are as follows (i is an optional integer argument, defaulting to
33 1) :
34 i<space>
36 display i more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is
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38 ^D display 11 more lines (a ``scroll''). If i is given, then the
40 scroll size is set to i.
41 d same as ^D (control-D)
43 iz same as typing a space except that i, if present, becomes the
45 new window size.
46 is skip i lines and print a screenful of lines
48 if skip i screenfuls and print a screenful of lines
50 q or Q Quit.
52 = Display the current line number.
54 i/expr search for the i-th occurrence of the regular expression expr.
56 The user's erase and kill characters may be used to edit the
57 regular expression. Erasing back past the first column cancels
58 the search command.
59 in search for the i-th occurrence of the last regular expression
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62 !command
64 invoke a shell with command. The character `!' in "command" is
65 replaced with the previous shell command. The sequence "\!" is
66 replaced by "!".
67 :q or :Q
69 Quit (same as q or Q).
70 . (dot) repeat the previous command.
72 The commands take effect immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to type
74 a carriage return. Up to the time when the command character itself is
75 given, the user may hit the line kill character to cancel the numerical
76 argument being formed. In addition, the user may hit the erase charac‐
77 ter to redisplay the --More-- message.
78 At any time when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can hit
80 the quit key (normally control-\). The zmore command will stop sending
81 output, and will display the usual --More-- prompt. The user may then
82 enter one of the above commands in the normal manner. Unfortunately,
83 some output is lost when this is done, due to the fact that any charac‐
84 ters waiting in the terminal's output queue are flushed when the quit
85 signal occurs.
86 The terminal is set to noecho mode by this program so that the output
88 can be continuous. What you type will thus not show on your terminal,
89 except for the / and ! commands.
90 If the standard output is not a teletype, then zmore acts just like
92 zcat, except that a header is printed before each file if there is more
93 than one file.
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96 /etc/termcap
97 Terminal data base
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100 more(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1)
101 ZMORE(1)