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diff --git a/doc/man/txt/xzmore.txt b/doc/man/txt/xzmore.txt index 5a9d86c..baa496e 100644 --- a/doc/man/txt/xzmore.txt +++ b/doc/man/txt/xzmore.txt @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ XZMORE(1) XZ Utils XZMORE(1) - - NAME xzmore, lzmore - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files @@ -10,25 +8,24 @@ SYNOPSIS lzmore [file...] DESCRIPTION - xzmore is a filter which allows examination of xz(1) or lzma(1) com- - pressed text files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. - - To use a pager other than the default more, set environment variable - PAGER to the name of the desired program. The name lzmore is provided - for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. + xzmore displays text from compressed files to a terminal using more(1). + Files supported by xz(1) are decompressed; other files are assumed to + be in uncompressed form already. If no files are given, xzmore reads + from standard input. See the more(1) manual for the keyboard commands. - e or q When the prompt --More--(Next file: file) is printed, this com- - mand causes xzmore to exit. + Note that scrolling backwards might not be possible depending on the + implementation of more(1). This is because xzmore uses a pipe to pass + the decompressed data to more(1). xzless(1) uses less(1) which pro- + vides more advanced features. - s When the prompt --More--(Next file: file) is printed, this com- - mand causes xzmore to skip the next file and continue. + The command lzmore is provided for backward compatibility with LZMA + Utils. - For list of keyboard commands supported while actually viewing the con- - tent of a file, refer to manual of the pager you use, usually more(1). +ENVIRONMENT + PAGER If PAGER is set, its value is used as the pager instead of + more(1). SEE ALSO more(1), xz(1), xzless(1), zmore(1) - - -Tukaani 2013-06-30 XZMORE(1) +Tukaani 2024-02-12 XZMORE(1) |