More
is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version
is especially primitive. Users should realize that
less(1)
provides
more(1)
emulation and extensive enhancements.
OPTIONS
Command line options are described below.
Options are also taken from the environment variable
MORE
(make sure to precede them with a dash (``-'')) but command
line options will override them.
-num
This option specifies an integer which is the screen size (in lines).
-d
more
will prompt the user with the message "[Press space to continue, 'q' to
quit.]" and will display "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing
the bell when an illegal key is pressed.
-l
more
usually treats
^L
(form feed) as a special character, and will pause after any line that
contains a form feed. The
-l
option will prevent this behavior.
-f
Causes
more
to count logical, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are not
folded).
-p
Do not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the text.
-c
Do not scroll. Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing the
remainder of each line as it is displayed.
-s
Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
-u
Suppress underlining.
+/
The
+/
option specifies a string that will be searched for before
each file is displayed.
+num
Start at line number
num
COMMANDS
Interactive commands for
more
are based on
vi(1).
Some commands may be preceded by a decimal number, called k in the
descriptions below.
In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
h or ?
Help: display a summary of these commands.
If you forget all the other commands, remember this one.
SPACE
Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
z
Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size. Argument
becomes new default.
RETURN
Display next k lines of text. Defaults to 1. Argument becomes new
default.
d or ^D
Scroll k lines. Default is current scroll size, initially 11. Argument
becomes new default.
qorQorINTERRUPT
Exit.
s
Skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
f
Skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
b or ^B
Skip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
Only works with files, not pipes.
Go to place where previous search started.
=
Display current line number.
/ pattern
Search for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
n
Search for kth occurrence of last r.e. Defaults to 1.
!<cmd> or :!<cmd>
Execute <cmd> in a subshell
v
Start up an editor at current line.
The editor is taken from the environment variable VISUAL if defined,
or EDITOR if VISUAL is not defined,
or defaults to "vi" if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR is defined.
^L
Redraw screen
:n
Go to kth next file. Defaults to 1.
:p
Go to kth previous file. Defaults to 1.
:f
Display current file name and line number
.
Repeat previous command
ENVIRONMENT
More
utilizes the following environment variables, if they exist:
MORE
This variable may be set with favored options to
more
SHELL
Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
TERM
Specifies terminal type, used by more to get the terminal
characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing
Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment variable
HISTORY
The
more
command appeared in
BSD 3.0
This man page documents
more
version 5.19 (Berkeley 6/29/88), which is currently in use in the Linux
community. Documentation was produced using several other versions of the
man page, and extensive inspection of the source code.
