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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-06 02:42:50 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1988 Mark Nudleman
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)more.1 5.15 (Berkeley) 7/29/91
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1992 Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.\"
+.TH MORE "1" "February 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+more \- file perusal filter for crt viewing
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B more
+[options]
+.IR file ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B more
+is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is
+especially primitive. Users should realize that
+.BR less (1)
+provides
+.BR more (1)
+emulation plus extensive enhancements.
+.SH OPTIONS
+Options are also taken from the environment variable
+.B MORE
+(make sure to precede them with a dash
+.RB ( \- ))
+but command-line options will override those.
+.TP
+.B \-d
+Prompt with "[Press space to continue, 'q' to quit.]",
+and display "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing
+the bell when an illegal key is pressed.
+.TP
+.B \-l
+Do not pause after any line containing a
+.B \&^L
+(form feed).
+.TP
+.B \-f
+Count logical lines, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are not folded).
+.TP
+.B \-p
+Do not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the text.
+Notice that this option is switched on automatically if the executable is
+named
+.BR page .
+.TP
+.B \-c
+Do not scroll. Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing the
+remainder of each line as it is displayed.
+.TP
+.B \-s
+Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
+.TP
+.B \-u
+Suppress underlining.
+.TP
+.BI \- number
+The screen size to use, in
+.I number
+of lines.
+.TP
+.BI + number
+Start displaying each file at line
+.IR number .
+.TP
+.BI +/ string
+The
+.I string
+to be searched in each file before starting to display it.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+Display help text and exit.
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Display version information and exit.
+.SH COMMANDS
+Interactive commands for
+.B more
+are based on
+.BR vi (1).
+Some commands may be preceded by a decimal number, called k in the
+descriptions below. In the following descriptions,
+.B ^X
+means
+.BR control-X .
+.PP
+.RS
+.PD 1
+.TP 10
+.BR h \ or \ ?
+Help; display a summary of these commands. If you forget all other
+commands, remember this one.
+.TP
+.B SPACE
+Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
+.TP
+.B z
+Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size. Argument
+becomes new default.
+.TP
+.B RETURN
+Display next k lines of text. Defaults to 1. Argument becomes new default.
+.TP
+.BR d \ or \ \&^D
+Scroll k lines. Default is current scroll size, initially 11. Argument
+becomes new default.
+.TP
+.BR q \ or \ Q \ or \ INTERRUPT
+Exit.
+.TP
+.B s
+Skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.B f
+Skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.BR b \ or \ \&^B
+Skip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1. Only works with files,
+not pipes.
+.TP
+.B '
+Go to the place where the last search started.
+.TP
+.B =
+Display current line number.
+.TP
+.B \&/pattern
+Search for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.B n
+Search for kth occurrence of last regular expression. Defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.BR !command \ or \ :!command
+Execute
+.I command
+in a subshell.
+.TP
+.B v
+Start up an editor at current line. The editor is taken from the environment
+variable
+.B VISUAL
+if defined, or
+.B EDITOR
+if
+.B VISUAL
+is not defined, or defaults
+to
+.B vi
+if neither
+.B VISUAL
+nor
+.B EDITOR
+is defined.
+.TP
+.B \&^L
+Redraw screen.
+.TP
+.B :n
+Go to kth next file. Defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.B :p
+Go to kth previous file. Defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.B :f
+Display current file name and line number.
+.TP
+.B \&.
+Repeat previous command.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The
+.B more
+command respects the following environment variables, if they exist:
+.TP
+.B MORE
+This variable may be set with favored options to
+.BR more .
+.TP
+.B SHELL
+Current shell in use (normally set by the shell at login time).
+.TP
+.B TERM
+The terminal type used by \fBmore\fR to get the terminal
+characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
+.TP
+.B VISUAL
+The editor the user prefers. Invoked when command key
+.I v
+is pressed.
+.TP
+.B EDITOR
+The editor of choice when
+.B VISUAL
+is not specified.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR less (1),
+.BR vi (1)
+.SH AUTHORS
+Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
+.br
+Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing
+.br
+Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment variable
+.SH HISTORY
+The
+.B more
+command appeared in 3.0BSD. This man page documents
+.B 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.
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The more command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+Linux Kernel Archive
+.UE .