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2 __NAME__
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5 more - file perusal filter for crt viewing
6 __SYNOPSIS__
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9 more [[-dlfpcsu] [[-num] [[+/ pattern] [[+ linenum] [[file
10 ...]
11 __DESCRIPTION__
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14 More is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a
15 time. This version is especially primitve. Users should
16 realize that less(1) provides more(1)
17 emulation and exten- sive enhancements.
18 __OPTIONS__
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21 Command line options are described below. Options are also
22 taken from the environment variable MORE (make sure
23 to pre- cede them with a dash (``-'')) but command line
24 options will override them.
25 -num
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28 This option specifies an integer which is the screensize (in lines).-dmore will prompt the user with the message __COMMANDS__
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31 Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1).
32 Some com- mands may be preceded by a decimal number, called
33 k in the descriptions below. In the following descriptions,
34 ^X means control-X.
35 h or ? Help: display a summary of these commands. Ifyou forget all the other commands, remember thisone.
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38 SPACEDisplay next k lines of text. Defaults to cur-rent screen size.zDisplay next k lines of text. Defaults to cur-rent screen size. Argument becomes new default.RETURNDisplay next k lines of text. Defaults to 1.Argument becomes new default.d or ^DScroll k lines. Default is current scroll size,initially 11. Argument becomes new default.q
39 or
40 Q
41 or
42 INTERRUPT
43 Exit.sSkip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.fSkip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to1.b or ^BSkip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to1. Only works with files, not pipes.'Go to place where previous search started.=Display current line number./patternSearch for kth occurrence of regular expression.Defaults to 1.nSearch for kth occurrence of last r.e. Defaultsto 1.!__ENVIRONMENT__
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46 More utilizes the following environment variables, if they
47 exist:
48 MORE
49 This variable may be set with favored options to
50 more.
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53 SHELL
54 Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
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57 TERM
58 Specifies terminal type, used by more to get the terminal
59 characteristics necessary to manipulate the
60 screen.
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63 __SEE ALSO__
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66 vi(1) less(1)
67 __AUTHORS__
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70 Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
71 Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spac-
72 ing
73 Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environ-
74 ment variable
75 __HISTORY__
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78 The more command appeared in 3.0 BSD . This
79 man page docu- ments more version 5.19 (Berkeley 6/29/88),
80 which is cur- rently in use in the Linux community.
81 Documentation was produced using several other versions of
82 the man page, and extensive inspection of the source
83 code.
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86 Linux 0.98 December 25, 1992 1
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