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.\" .Dd July 29, 1991 (Modified December 25, 1992)
.TH MORE "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
more \- file perusal filter for crt viewing
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B more
[options] 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
Command-line options are described below. Options are also taken from the
environment variable
.B MORE
(make sure to precede them with a dash (``-'')) but command line options will
override them.
.It Fl num
.TP
.B \-number
This option specifies an integer
.I number
which is the screen size (in lines).
.TP
.B \-d
.B more
will prompt the user with the message "[Press space to continue, 'q' to
quit.]" and will display "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing
the bell when an illegal key is pressed.
.TP
.B \-l
.B more
usually treats
.B \&^L
(form feed) as a special character, and will pause after any line that
contains a form feed. The
.B \-l
option will prevent this behavior.
.TP
.B -f
Causes
.B more
to count logical, 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
.B +/
The
.B +/
option specifies a string that will be searched for before each file is
displayed.
.TP
.B +number
Start at line
.IR number .
.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 the 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 place where previous 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
More utilizes 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
Specifies terminal type, used by more to get the terminal
characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
.TP
.B VISUAL
Editor the user is preferring. Used when key command
.I v
is pressed.
.TP
.B EDITOR
Editor of choise when
.B VISUAL
is not specified.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR vi (1),
.BR less (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 ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
Linux Kernel Archive
.UE .
