MORE(1)                       User Commands                       MORE(1)

NAME
       more - file perusal filter for crt viewing

SYNOPSIS
       more [options] file...

DESCRIPTION
       more  is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.
       This version is especially primitive.  Users should  realize  that
       less(1) provides more(1) emulation plus extensive enhancements.

OPTIONS
       Options  are  also  taken from the environment variable MORE (make
       sure to precede them with a dash  (-))  but  command-line  options
       will override those.

       -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.

       -l     Do not pause after any line containing a ^L (form feed).

       -f     Count  logical  lines, rather than screen lines (i.e., long
              lines are not folded).

       -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 page.

       -c     Do not scroll.  Instead, paint each screen  from  the  top,
              clearing the remainder of each line as it is displayed.

       -s     Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.

       -u     Suppress underlining.

       -number
              The screen size to use, in number of lines.

       +number
              Start displaying each file at line number.

       +/string
              The  string  to be searched in each file before starting to
              display it.

       --help Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

COMMANDS
       Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1).   Some  commands
       may  be preceded by a decimal number, called k in the descriptions
       below.  In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.

              h or ?    Help; display a summary of  these  commands.   If
                        you forget all other commands, remember this one.

              SPACE     Display  next  k lines of text.  Defaults to cur‐
                        rent screen size.

              z         Display next k lines of text.  Defaults  to  cur‐
                        rent screen size.  Argument becomes new default.

              RETURN    Display  next  k  lines  of text.  Defaults to 1.
                        Argument becomes new default.

              d or ^D   Scroll k lines.  Default is current scroll  size,
                        initially 11.  Argument becomes new default.

              q or Q or INTERRUPT
                        Exit.

              s         Skip forward k lines of text.  Defaults to 1.

              f         Skip  forward  k screenfuls of text.  Defaults to
                        1.

              b or ^B   Skip backwards k screenfuls of text.  Defaults to
                        1.  Only works with files, not pipes.

              '         Go to the place where the last search started.

              =         Display current line number.

              /pattern  Search  for kth occurrence of regular expression.
                        Defaults to 1.

              n         Search for kth occurrence of last regular expres‐
                        sion.  Defaults to 1.

              !command or :!command
                        Execute command in a subshell.

              v         Start  up  an editor at current line.  The editor
                        is taken from the environment variable VISUAL  if
                        defined,  or  EDITOR if VISUAL is not defined, or
                        defaults to vi if neither VISUAL  nor  EDITOR  is
                        defined.

              ^L        Redraw screen.

              :n        Go to kth next file.  Defaults to 1.

              :p        Go to kth previous file.  Defaults to 1.

              :f        Display current file name and line number.

              .         Repeat previous command.

ENVIRONMENT
       The  more command respects the following environment variables, if
       they exist:

       MORE   This variable may be set with favored options to more.

       SHELL  Current shell in use (normally set by the  shell  at  login
              time).

       TERM   The  terminal type used by more to get the terminal charac‐
              teristics necessary to manipulate the screen.

       VISUAL The editor the user prefers.  Invoked when command key v is
              pressed.

       EDITOR The editor of choice when VISUAL is not specified.

SEE ALSO
       less(1), vi(1)

AUTHORS
       Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
       Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing
       Modified  by  John  Foderaro,  UCB  to add -c and MORE environment
       variable

HISTORY
       The more command appeared in 3.0BSD.  This man page documents 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.

AVAILABILITY
       The more command is part of the util-linux package and  is  avail‐
       able  from  Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux
       /utils/util-linux/⟩.

util-linux                    February 2014                       MORE(1)