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 current screen size.

              z         Display next k lines of text.  Defaults to current 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 expression.  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 characteristics  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 available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://
       www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.