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__NAME__


more - file perusal filter for crt viewing
__SYNOPSIS__


more [[-dlfpcsu] [[-num] [[+/ pattern] [[+ linenum] [[file
...]
__DESCRIPTION__


More is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a
time. This version is especially primitve. Users should
realize that less(1) provides more(1)
emulation and exten- sive enhancements.
__OPTIONS__


Command line options are described below. Options are also
taken from the environment variable MORE (make sure
to pre- cede them with a dash (``-'')) but command line
options will override them.
       -num


This  option  specifies  an integer which is the screensize (in lines).-dmore will prompt the  user  with  the  message  __COMMANDS__


Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1).
Some com- mands 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.  Ifyou forget all the other commands, remember  thisone.


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
or
Q
or
INTERRUPT
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__


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.


__SEE ALSO__


vi(1) less(1)
__AUTHORS__


Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spac-
ing
Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environ-
ment variable
__HISTORY__


The more command appeared in 3.0 BSD . This
man page docu- ments more version 5.19 (Berkeley 6/29/88),
which is cur- rently in use in the Linux community.
Documentation was produced using several other versions of
the man page, and extensive inspection of the source
code.


Linux 0.98 December 25, 1992 1
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