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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man1p/more.1p b/upstream/archlinux/man1p/more.1p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e8985374 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man1p/more.1p @@ -0,0 +1,1384 @@ +'\" et +.TH MORE "1P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +more +\(em display files on a page-by-page basis +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +more \fB[\fR-ceisu\fB] [\fR-n \fInumber\fB] [\fR-p \fIcommand\fB] [\fR-t \fItagstring\fB] [\fIfile\fR...\fB]\fR +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR more +utility shall read files and either write them to the terminal on a +page-by-page basis or filter them to standard output. If standard +output is not a terminal device, all input files shall be copied to +standard output in their entirety, without modification, except as +specified for the +.BR \-s +option. If standard output is a terminal device, the files shall be +written a number of lines (one screenful) at a time under the control +of user commands. See the EXTENDED DESCRIPTION section. +.P +Certain block-mode terminals do not have all the capabilities necessary +to support the complete +.IR more +definition; they are incapable of accepting commands that are not +terminated with a +<newline>. +Implementations that support such terminals shall provide an +operating mode to +.IR more +in which all commands can be terminated with a +<newline> +on those terminals. This mode: +.IP " *" 4 +Shall be documented in the system documentation +.IP " *" 4 +Shall, at invocation, inform the user of the terminal deficiency that +requires the +<newline> +usage and provide instructions on how this warning can be suppressed in +future invocations +.IP " *" 4 +Shall not be required for implementations supporting only fully capable +terminals +.IP " *" 4 +Shall not affect commands already requiring +<newline> +characters +.IP " *" 4 +Shall not affect users on the capable terminals from using +.IR more +as described in this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 +.SH OPTIONS +The +.IR more +utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines", +except that +.BR '\(pl' +may be recognized as an option delimiter as well as +.BR '\-' . +.P +The following options shall be supported: +.IP "\fB\-c\fP" 10 +If a screen is to be written that has no lines in common with the +current screen, or +.IR more +is writing its first screen, +.IR more +shall not scroll the screen, but instead shall redraw each line of the +screen in turn, from the top of the screen to the bottom. In addition, +if +.IR more +is writing its first screen, the screen shall be cleared. This option +may be silently ignored on devices with insufficient terminal +capabilities. +.IP "\fB\-e\fP" 10 +Exit immediately after writing the last line of the last file in the +argument list; see the EXTENDED DESCRIPTION section. +.IP "\fB\-i\fP" 10 +Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case; see the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 9.2" ", " "Regular Expression General Requirements". +.IP "\fB\-n\ \fInumber\fR" 10 +Specify the number of lines per screenful. The +.IR number +argument is a positive decimal integer. The +.BR \-n +option shall override any values obtained from any other source. +.IP "\fB\-p\ \fIcommand\fR" 10 +Each time a screen from a new file is displayed or redisplayed +(including as a result of +.IR more +commands; for example, +.BR :p ), +execute the +.IR more +command(s) in the command arguments in the order specified, as if +entered by the user after the first screen has been displayed. No +intermediate results shall be displayed (that is, if the command is a +movement to a screen different from the normal first screen, only the +screen resulting from the command shall be displayed.) If any of the +commands fail for any reason, an informational message to this effect +shall be written, and no further commands specified using the +.BR \-p +option shall be executed for this file. +.IP "\fB\-s\fP" 10 +Behave as if consecutive empty lines were a single empty line. +.IP "\fB\-t\ \fItagstring\fR" 10 +Write the screenful of the file containing the tag named by the +.IR tagstring +argument. See the +.IR "\fIctags\fR\^" +utility. The tags feature represented by +.BR \-t +.IR tagstring +and the +.BR :t +command is optional. It shall be provided on any system that also +provides a conforming implementation of +.IR ctags ; +otherwise, the use of +.BR \-t +produces undefined results. +.RS 10 +.P +The filename resulting from the +.BR \-t +option shall be logically added as a prefix to the list of command line +files, as if specified by the user. If the tag named by the +.IR tagstring +argument is not found, it shall be an error, and +.IR more +shall take no further action. +.P +If the tag specifies a line number, the first line of the display shall +contain the beginning of that line. If the tag specifies a pattern, the +first line of the display shall contain the beginning of the matching +text from the first line of the file that contains that pattern. If the +line does not exist in the file or matching text is not found, an +informational message to this effect shall be displayed, and +.IR more +shall display the default screen as if +.BR \-t +had not been specified. +.P +If both the +.BR \-t +.IR tagstring +and +.BR \-p +.IR command +options are given, the +.BR \-t +.IR tagstring +shall be processed first; that is, the file and starting line for the +display shall be as specified by +.BR \-t , +and then the +.BR \-p +.IR more +command shall be executed. If the line (matching text) specified by the +.BR \-t +command does not exist (is not found), no +.BR \-p +.IR more +command shall be executed for this file at any time. +.RE +.IP "\fB\-u\fP" 10 +Treat a +<backspace> +as a printable control character, displayed as an +implementation-defined character sequence (see the EXTENDED DESCRIPTION +section), suppressing backspacing and the special handling that +produces underlined or standout mode text on some terminal types. +Also, do not ignore a +<carriage-return> +at the end of a line. +.SH OPERANDS +The following operand shall be supported: +.IP "\fIfile\fR" 10 +A pathname of an input file. If no +.IR file +operands are specified, the standard input shall be used. If a +.IR file +is +.BR '\-' , +the standard input shall be read at that point in the sequence. +.SH STDIN +The standard input shall be used only if no +.IR file +operands are specified, or if a +.IR file +operand is +.BR '\-' . +.SH "INPUT FILES" +The input files being examined shall be text files. If standard output +is a terminal, standard error shall be used to read commands from the +user. If standard output is a terminal, standard error is not readable, +and command input is needed, +.IR more +may attempt to obtain user commands from the controlling terminal (for +example, +.BR /dev/tty ); +otherwise, +.IR more +shall terminate with an error indicating that it was unable to read +user commands. If standard output is not a terminal, no error shall +result if standard error cannot be opened for reading. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +.IR more : +.IP "\fICOLUMNS\fP" 10 +Override the system-selected horizontal display line size. See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables" +for valid values and results when it is unset or null. +.IP "\fIEDITOR\fP" 10 +Used by the +.BR v +command to select an editor. See the EXTENDED DESCRIPTION section. +.IP "\fILANG\fP" 10 +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are +unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables" +for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10 +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.IP "\fILC_COLLATE\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale for the behavior of ranges, equivalence classes, +and multi-character collating elements within regular expressions. +.IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10 +Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of +text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to +multi-byte characters in arguments and input files) and the behavior of +character classes within regular expressions. +.IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error and +informative messages written to standard output. +.IP "\fINLSPATH\fP" 10 +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of +.IR LC_MESSAGES . +.IP "\fILINES\fP" 10 +Override the system-selected vertical screen size, used as the number +of lines in a screenful. See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables" +for valid values and results when it is unset or null. The +.BR \-n +option shall take precedence over the +.IR LINES +variable for determining the number of lines in a screenful. +.IP "\fIMORE\fP" 10 +Determine a string containing options described in the OPTIONS section +preceded with +<hyphen-minus> +characters and +<blank>-separated +as on the command line. Any command line options shall be processed +after those in the +.IR MORE +variable, as if the command line were: +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +more $MORE \fIoptions operands\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR MORE +variable shall take precedence over the +.IR TERM +and +.IR LINES +variables for determining the number of lines in a screenful. +.RE +.IP "\fITERM\fP" 10 +Determine the name of the terminal type. If this variable is unset or +null, an unspecified default terminal type is used. +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS" +Default. +.SH STDOUT +The standard output shall be used to write the contents of the input +files. +.SH STDERR +The standard error shall be used for diagnostic messages and user +commands (see the INPUT FILES section), and, if standard output is a +terminal device, to write a prompting string. The prompting string +shall appear on the screen line below the last line of the file +displayed in the current screenful. The prompt shall contain the name +of the file currently being examined and shall contain an end-of-file +indication and the name of the next file, if any, when prompting at the +end-of-file. If an error or informational message is displayed, it is +unspecified whether it is contained in the prompt. If it is not +contained in the prompt, it shall be displayed and then the user shall +be prompted for a continuation character, at which point another +message or the user prompt may be displayed. The prompt is otherwise +unspecified. It is unspecified whether informational messages are +written for other user commands. +.SH "OUTPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION" +The following section describes the behavior of +.IR more +when the standard output is a terminal device. If the standard output +is not a terminal device, no options other than +.BR \-s +shall have any effect, and all input files shall be copied to standard +output otherwise unmodified, at which time +.IR more +shall exit without further action. +.P +The number of lines available per screen shall be determined by the +.BR \-n +option, if present, or by examining values in the environment (see the +ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES section). If neither method yields a number, an +unspecified number of lines shall be used. +.P +The maximum number of lines written shall be one less than this number, +because the screen line after the last line written shall be used to +write a user prompt and user input. If the number of lines in the +screen is less than two, the results are undefined. It is unspecified +whether user input is permitted to be longer than the remainder of the +single line where the prompt has been written. +.P +The number of columns available per line shall be determined by +examining values in the environment (see the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +section), with a default value as described in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables". +.P +Lines that are longer than the display shall be folded; the length at +which folding occurs is unspecified, but should be appropriate for the +output device. Folding may occur between glyphs of single characters +that take up multiple display columns. +.P +When standard output is a terminal and +.BR \-u +is not specified, +.IR more +shall treat +<backspace> +and +<carriage-return> +characters specially: +.IP " *" 4 +A character, followed first by a sequence of +.IR n +<backspace> +characters (where +.IR n +is the same as the number of column positions that the character +occupies), then by +.IR n +<underscore> +characters (\c +.BR '_' ), +shall cause that character to be written as underlined text, if the +terminal type supports that. The +.IR n +<underscore> +characters, followed first by +.IR n +<backspace> +characters, then any character with +.IR n +column positions, shall also cause that character to be written as +underlined text, if the terminal type supports that. +.IP " *" 4 +A sequence of +.IR n +<backspace> +characters (where +.IR n +is the same as the number of column positions that the previous +character occupies) that appears between two identical printable +characters shall cause the first of those two characters to be written +as emboldened text (that is, visually brighter, standout mode, or +inverse-video mode), if the terminal type supports that, and the second +to be discarded. Immediately subsequent occurrences of +<backspace>/\c +character pairs for that same character shall also be discarded. (For +example, the sequence +.BR \(dqa\eba\eba\eba\(dq +is interpreted as a single emboldened +.BR 'a' .) +.IP " *" 4 +The +.IR more +utility shall logically discard all other +<backspace> +characters from the line as well as the character which precedes them, +if any. +.IP " *" 4 +A +<carriage-return> +at the end of a line shall be ignored, rather than being written as a +non-printable character, as described in the next paragraph. +.P +It is implementation-defined how other non-printable characters are +written. Implementations should use the same format that they use for +the +.IR ex +.BR print +command; see the OPTIONS section within the +.IR ed +utility. It is unspecified whether a multi-column character shall be +separated if it crosses a display line boundary; it shall not be +discarded. The behavior is unspecified if the number of columns on the +display is less than the number of columns any single character in the +line being displayed would occupy. +.P +When each new file is displayed (or redisplayed), +.IR more +shall write the first screen of the file. Once the initial screen has +been written, +.IR more +shall prompt for a user command. If the execution of the user command +results in a screen that has lines in common with the current screen, +and the device has sufficient terminal capabilities, +.IR more +shall scroll the screen; otherwise, it is unspecified whether the +screen is scrolled or redrawn. +.P +For all files but the last (including standard input if no file was +specified, and for the last file as well, if the +.BR \-e +option was not specified), when +.IR more +has written the last line in the file, +.IR more +shall prompt for a user command. This prompt shall contain the name of +the next file as well as an indication that +.IR more +has reached end-of-file. If the user command is +.BR f , +<control>\(hyF, +<space>, +.BR j , +<newline>, +.BR d , +<control>\(hyD, +or +.BR s , +.IR more +shall display the next file. Otherwise, if displaying the last file, +.IR more +shall exit. Otherwise, +.IR more +shall execute the user command specified. +.P +Several of the commands described in this section display a previous +screen from the input stream. In the case that text is being taken from +a non-rewindable stream, such as a pipe, it is implementation-defined +how much backwards motion is supported. If a command cannot be executed +because of a limitation on backwards motion, an error message to this +effect shall be displayed, the current screen shall not change, and the +user shall be prompted for another command. +.P +If a command cannot be performed because there are insufficient lines +to display, +.IR more +shall alert the terminal. If a command cannot be performed because +there are insufficient lines to display or a +.BR / +command fails: if the input is the standard input, the last screen in +the file may be displayed; otherwise, the current file and screen shall +not change, and the user shall be prompted for another command. +.P +The interactive commands in the following sections shall be supported. +Some commands can be preceded by a decimal integer, called +.IR count +in the following descriptions. If not specified with the command, +.IR count +shall default to 1. In the following descriptions, +.IR pattern +is a basic regular expression, as described in the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 9.3" ", " "Basic Regular Expressions". +The term ``examine'' is historical usage meaning ``open the +file for viewing''; for example, +.IR more +.BR foo +would be expressed as examining file +.BR foo . +.P +In the following descriptions, unless otherwise specified, +.IR line +is a line in the +.IR more +display, not a line from the file being examined. +.P +In the following descriptions, the +.IR "current position" +refers to two things: +.IP " 1." 4 +The position of the current line on the screen +.IP " 2." 4 +The line number (in the file) of the current line on the screen +.P +Usually, the line on the screen corresponding to the current position +is the third line on the screen. If this is not possible (there are +fewer than three lines to display or this is the first page of the +file, or it is the last page of the file), then the current position is +either the first or last line on the screen as described later. +.SS "Help" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +h +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Write a summary of these commands and other implementation-defined +commands. The behavior shall be as if the +.IR more +utility were executed with the +.BR \-e +option on a file that contained the summary information. The user shall +be prompted as described earlier in this section when end-of-file is +reached. If the user command is one of those specified to continue to +the next file, +.IR more +shall return to the file and screen state from which the +.BR h +command was executed. +.SS "Scroll Forward One Screenful" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRf +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR<control>-F +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Scroll forward +.IR count +lines, with a default of one screenful. If +.IR count +is more than the screen size, only the final screenful shall be +written. +.SS "Scroll Backward One Screenful" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRb +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR<control>-B +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Scroll backward +.IR count +lines, with a default of one screenful (see the +.BR \-n +option). If +.IR count +is more than the screen size, only the final screenful shall be +written. +.SS "Scroll Forward One Line" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR<space> +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRj +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR<newline> +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Scroll forward +.IR count +lines. The default +.IR count +for the +<space> +shall be one screenful; for +.BR j +and +<newline>, +one line. The entire +.IR count +lines shall be written, even if +.IR count +is more than the screen size. +.SS "Scroll Backward One Line" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRk +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Scroll backward +.IR count +lines. The entire +.IR count +lines shall be written, even if +.IR count +is more than the screen size. +.SS "Scroll Forward One Half Screenful" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRd +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR<control>-D +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Scroll forward +.IR count +lines, with a default of one half of the screen size. If +.IR count +is specified, it shall become the new default for subsequent +.BR d , +<control>\(hyD, +and +.BR u +commands. +.SS "Skip Forward One Line" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRs +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Display the screenful beginning with the line +.IR count +lines after the last line on the current screen. If +.IR count +would cause the current position to be such that less than one +screenful would be written, the last screenful in the file shall be +written. +.SS "Scroll Backward One Half Screenful" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRu +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR<control>-U +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Scroll backward +.IR count +lines, with a default of one half of the screen size. If +.IR count +is specified, it shall become the new default for subsequent +.BR d , +<control>\-D, +.BR u , +and +<control>\-U +commands. The entire +.IR count +lines shall be written, even if +.IR count +is more than the screen size. +.SS "Go to Beginning of File" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRg +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Display the screenful beginning with line +.IR count . +.SS "Go to End-of-File" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRG +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +If +.IR count +is specified, display the screenful beginning with the line +.IR count . +Otherwise, display the last screenful of the file. +.SS "Refresh the Screen" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +r +<control>-L +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Refresh the screen. +.SS "Discard and Refresh" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +R +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Refresh the screen, discarding any buffered input. If the current file +is non-seekable, buffered input shall not be discarded and the +.BR R +command shall be equivalent to the +.BR r +command. +.SS "Mark Position" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +m\fIletter\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Mark the current position with the letter named by +.IR letter , +where +.IR letter +represents the name of one of the lowercase letters of the portable +character set. When a new file is examined, all marks may be lost. +.SS "Return to Mark" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\&\(aq\fIletter\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Return to the position that was previously marked with the letter named +by +.IR letter , +making that line the current position. +.SS "Return to Previous Position" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\&\(aq\(aq +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Return to the position from which the last large movement command was +executed (where a ``large movement'' is defined as any movement of more +than a screenful of lines). If no such movements have been made, return +to the beginning of the file. +.SS "Search Forward for Pattern" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR/\fB[\fR!\fB]\fIpattern\fR<newline> +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Display the screenful beginning with the +.IR count th +line containing the pattern. The search shall start after the first +line currently displayed. The null regular expression (\c +.BR '/' +followed by a +<newline>) +shall repeat the search using the previous regular expression, with a +default +.IR count . +If the character +.BR '!' +is included, the matching lines shall be those that do not contain the +.IR pattern . +If no match is found for the +.IR pattern , +a message to that effect shall be displayed. +.SS "Search Backward for Pattern" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR?\fB[\fR!\fB]\fIpattern\fR<newline> +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Display the screenful beginning with the +.IR count th +previous line containing the pattern. The search shall start on the +last line before the first line currently displayed. The null regular +expression (\c +.BR '?' +followed by a +<newline>) +shall repeat the search using the previous regular expression, with a +default +.IR count . +If the character +.BR '!' +is included, matching lines shall be those that do not contain the +.IR pattern . +If no match is found for the +.IR pattern , +a message to that effect shall be displayed. +.SS "Repeat Search" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRn +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Repeat the previous search for +.IR count th +line containing the last +.IR pattern +(or not containing the last +.IR pattern , +if the previous search was +.BR \(dq/!\(dq +or +.BR \(dq?!\(dq ). +.SS "Repeat Search in Reverse" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fRN +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Repeat the search in the opposite direction of the previous search for +the +.IR count th +line containing the last +.IR pattern +(or not containing the last +.IR pattern , +if the previous search was +.BR \(dq/!\(dq +or +.BR \(dq?!\(dq ). +.SS "Examine New File" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +:e \fB[\fIfilename\fB]\fR<newline> +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Examine a new file. If the +.IR filename +argument is not specified, the current file (see the +.BR :n +and +.BR :p +commands below) shall be re-examined. The +.IR filename +shall be subjected to the process of shell word expansions (see +.IR "Section 2.6" ", " "Word Expansions"); +if more than a single pathname results, the effects are unspecified. +If +.IR filename +is a +<number-sign> +(\c +.BR '#' ), +the previously examined file shall be re-examined. If +.IR filename +is not accessible for any reason (including that it is a non-seekable +file), an error message to this effect shall be displayed and the +current file and screen shall not change. +.SS "Examine Next File" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR:n +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Examine the next file. If a number +.IR count +is specified, the +.IR count th +next file shall be examined. If +.IR filename +refers to a non-seekable file, the results are unspecified. +.SS "Examine Previous File" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +\fB[\fIcount\fB]\fR:p +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Examine the previous file. If a number +.IR count +is specified, the +.IR count th +previous file shall be examined. If +.IR filename +refers to a non-seekable file, the results are unspecified. +.SS "Go to Tag" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +:t \fItagstring\fR<newline> +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +If the file containing the tag named by the +.IR tagstring +argument is not the current file, examine the file, as if the +.BR :e +command was executed with that file as the argument. Otherwise, or in +addition, display the screenful beginning with the tag, as described +for the +.BR \-t +option (see the OPTIONS section). If the +.IR ctags +utility is not supported by the system, the use of +.BR :t +produces undefined results. +.SS "Invoke Editor" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +v +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Invoke an editor to edit the current file being examined. If standard +input is being examined, the results are unspecified. The name of the +editor shall be taken from the environment variable +.IR EDITOR , +or shall default to +.IR vi . +If the last pathname component in +.IR EDITOR +is either +.IR vi +or +.IR ex , +the editor shall be invoked with a +.BR \-c +.IR linenumber +command line argument, where +.IR linenumber +is the line number of the file line containing the display line +currently displayed as the first line of the screen. It is +implementation-defined whether line-setting options are passed to +editors other than +.IR vi +and +.IR ex . +.P +When the editor exits, +.IR more +shall resume with the same file and screen as when the editor was +invoked. +.SS "Display Position" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + += +<control>-G +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Write a message for which the information references the first byte of +the line after the last line of the file on the screen. This message +shall include the name of the file currently being examined, its number +relative to the total number of files there are to examine, the line +number in the file, the byte number and the total bytes in the file, +and what percentage of the file precedes the current position. If +.IR more +is reading from standard input, or the file is shorter than a single +screen, the line number, the byte number, the total bytes, and the +percentage need not be written. +.SS "Quit" +.IP "\fISynopsis\fR:" 10 +.sp -1v +.RS 10 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +q +:q +ZZ +.fi +.P +.RE +.RE +.P +Exit +.IR more . +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The following exit values shall be returned: +.IP "\00" 6 +Successful completion. +.IP >0 6 +An error occurred. +.SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS" +If an error is encountered accessing a file when using the +.BR :n +command, +.IR more +shall attempt to examine the next file in the argument list, but the +final exit status shall be affected. If an error is encountered +accessing a file via the +.BR :p +command, +.IR more +shall attempt to examine the previous file in the argument list, but +the final exit status shall be affected. If an error is encountered +accessing a file via the +.BR :e +command, +.IR more +shall remain in the current file and the final exit status shall not be +affected. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +When the standard output is not a terminal, only the +.BR \-s +filter-modification option is effective. This is based on historical +practice. For example, a typical implementation of +.IR man +pipes its output through +.IR more +.BR \-s +to squeeze excess white space for terminal users. When +.IR man +is piped to +.IR lp , +however, it is undesirable for this squeezing to happen. +.SH EXAMPLES +The +.BR \-p +allows arbitrary commands to be executed at the start of each file. +Examples are: +.IP "\fImore\ \fB\-p\ G\ \fIfile1\ file2\fR" 6 +.br +Examine each file starting with its last screenful. +.IP "\fImore\ \fB\-p\ \fR100\ \fIfile1\ file2\fR" 6 +.br +Examine each file starting with line 100 in the current position +(usually the third line, so line 98 would be the first line written). +.IP "\fImore\ \fB\-p\ \fR/100\ \fIfile1\ file2\fR" 6 +.br +Examine each file starting with the first line containing the string +.BR \(dq100\(dq +in the current position +.SH RATIONALE +The +.IR more +utility, available in BSD and BSD-derived systems, was chosen as the +prototype for the POSIX file display program since it is more widely +available than either the public-domain program +.IR less +or than +.IR pg , +a pager provided in System V. The 4.4 BSD +.IR more +is the model for the features selected; it is almost fully +upwards-compatible from the 4.3 BSD version in wide use and has become +more amenable for +.IR vi +users. Several features originally derived from various file editors, +found in both +.IR less +and +.IR pg , +have been added to this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 as they have proved extremely popular with +users. +.P +There are inconsistencies between +.IR more +and +.IR vi +that result from historical practice. For example, the single-character +commands +.BR h , +.BR f , +.BR b , +and +<space> +are screen movers in +.IR more , +but cursor movers in +.IR vi . +These inconsistencies were maintained because the cursor movements are +not applicable to +.IR more +and the powerful functionality achieved without the use of the control +key justifies the differences. +.P +The tags interface has been included in a program that is not a text +editor because it promotes another degree of consistent operation with +.IR vi . +It is conceivable that the paging environment of +.IR more +would be superior for browsing source code files in some +circumstances. +.P +The operating mode referred to for block-mode terminals effectively +adds a +<newline> +to each Synopsis line that currently has none. So, for example, +.BR d \c +<newline> +would page one screenful. The mode could be triggered by a command +line option, environment variable, or some other method. The details +are not imposed by this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 because there are so few systems known to +support such terminals. Nevertheless, it was considered that all +systems should be able to support +.IR more +given the exception cited for this small community of terminals +because, in comparison to +.IR vi , +the cursor movements are few and the command set relatively amenable to +the optional +<newline> +characters. +.P +Some versions of +.IR more +provide a shell escaping mechanism similar to the +.IR ex +.BR ! +command. The standard developers did not consider that this was +necessary in a paginator, particularly given the wide acceptance of +multiple window terminals and job control features. (They chose to +retain such features in the editors and +.IR mailx +because the shell interaction also gives an opportunity to modify the +editing buffer, which is not applicable to +.IR more .) +.P +The +.BR \-p +(position) option replaces the +.BR + +command because of the Utility Syntax Guidelines. The +.BR \(pl \c +.IR command +option is no longer specified by POSIX.1\(hy2008 but may be present +in some implementations. In early proposals, it took a +.IR pattern +argument, but historical +.IR less +provided the +.IR more +general facility of a command. It would have been desirable to use the +same +.BR \-c +as +.IR ex +and +.IR vi , +but the letter was already in use. +.P +The text stating ``from a non-rewindable stream .\|.\|. implementations +may limit the amount of backwards motion supported'' would allow an +implementation that permitted no backwards motion beyond text already +on the screen. It was not possible to require a minimum amount of +backwards motion that would be effective for all conceivable device +types. The implementation should allow the user to back up as far as +possible, within device and reasonable memory allocation constraints. +.P +Historically, non-printable characters were displayed using the ARPA +standard mappings, which are as follows: +.IP " 1." 4 +Printable characters are left alone. +.IP " 2." 4 +Control characters less than \e177 are represented as followed by the +character offset from the +.BR '@' +character in the ASCII map; for example, \e007 is represented as +.BR 'G' . +.IP " 3." 4 +\e177 is represented as followed by +.BR '?' . +.P +The display of characters having their eighth bit set was less +standard. Existing implementations use hex (0x00), octal (\e000), and a +meta-bit display. (The latter displayed characters with their eighth +bit set as the two characters +.BR \(dqM-\(dq , +followed by the seven-bit display as described previously.) The latter +probably has the best claim to historical practice because it was used +with the +.BR \-v +option of 4 BSD and 4 BSD-derived versions of the +.IR cat +utility since 1980. +.P +No specific display format is required by POSIX.1\(hy2008. Implementations are +encouraged to conform to historic practice in the absence of any strong +reason to diverge. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "Chapter 2" ", " "Shell Command Language", +.IR "\fIctags\fR\^", +.IR "\fIed\fR\^", +.IR "\fIex\fR\^", +.IR "\fIvi\fR\^" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables", +.IR "Section 9.2" ", " "Regular Expression General Requirements", +.IR "Section 9.3" ", " "Basic Regular Expressions", +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |