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author | Benno Schulenberg | 2014-02-09 11:26:49 +0100 |
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committer | Karel Zak | 2014-02-21 11:57:05 +0100 |
commit | 4c5a6f3d3927c83a782e4e567fee0b6d66813dc4 (patch) | |
tree | e138e28bcb24e5792dd4f6394e89ac999da485ac /text-utils/more.1 | |
parent | libmount: FS id and parent ID could be zero (diff) | |
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more: improve formatting and wording of man page and help text
Also, slice up the usage text for ease of translation.
Reported-by: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'text-utils/more.1')
-rw-r--r-- | text-utils/more.1 | 38 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/text-utils/more.1 b/text-utils/more.1 index 479f037f0..0cf3892a2 100644 --- a/text-utils/more.1 +++ b/text-utils/more.1 @@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ .\" conform with the more 5.19 currently in use by the Linux community. .\" .\" .Dd July 29, 1991 (Modified December 25, 1992) -.TH MORE "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH MORE "1" "February 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME more \- file perusal filter for crt viewing .SH SYNOPSIS .B more -[options] file [...] +[options] +.IR file ... .SH DESCRIPTION .B more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is @@ -59,11 +60,6 @@ environment variable 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 @@ -100,15 +96,19 @@ Squeeze multiple blank lines into one. .B \-u Suppress underlining. .TP -.B +/ -The -.B +/ -option specifies a string that will be searched for before each file is -displayed. +.BI \- number +The screen size to use, in +.I number +of lines. .TP -.B +number -Start at line +.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. .SH COMMANDS Interactive commands for .B more @@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ Display current file name and line number. .B \&. Repeat previous command. .SH ENVIRONMENT -More utilizes the following environment variables, if they exist: +The +.B more +command respects the following environment variables, if they exist: .TP .B MORE This variable may be set with favored options to @@ -213,16 +215,16 @@ This variable may be set with favored options to 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 +The terminal type used by \fBmore\fR to get the terminal characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen. .TP .B VISUAL -Editor the user is preferring. Used when key command +The editor the user prefers. Invoked when command key .I v is pressed. .TP .B EDITOR -Editor of choise when +The editor of choice when .B VISUAL is not specified. .SH SEE ALSO |