NAME

       zmore - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text

SYNOPSIS

       zmore [ name ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screenful at a time on a
       soft-copy terminal.  zmore  works  on  files  compressed  with  compress,  pack  or  gzip,  and  also  on
       uncompressed  files.  If a file does not exist, zmore looks for a file of the same name with the addition
       of a .gz, .z or .Z suffix.

       Zmore normally pauses after each screenful, printing --More-- at the bottom of the screen.  If  the  user
       then types a carriage return, one more line is displayed.  If the user hits a space, another screenful is
       displayed.  Other possibilities are enumerated later.

       Zmore looks in the file /etc/termcap to determine terminal characteristics, and to determine the  default
       window  size.  On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default window size is 22 lines.  To use
       a pager other than the default more, set environment variable PAGER to the name of the  desired  program,
       such as less.

       Other sequences which may be typed when zmore pauses, and their effects, are as follows (i is an optional
       integer argument, defaulting to 1) :

       i<space>
              display i more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is given)

       ^D     display 11 more lines (a ``scroll'').  If i is given, then the scroll size is set to i.

       d      same as ^D (control-D)

       iz     same as typing a space except that i, if present, becomes the new window size.

       is     skip i lines and print a screenful of lines

       if     skip i screenfuls and print a screenful of lines

       q or Q Quit.

       =      Display the current line number.

       i/expr search for the i-th occurrence of  the  regular  expression  expr.   The  user's  erase  and  kill
              characters may be used to edit the regular expression.  Erasing back past the first column cancels
              the search command.

       in     search for the i-th occurrence of the last regular expression entered.

       !command
              invoke a shell with command.  The character `!' in "command" is replaced with the  previous  shell
              command.  The sequence "\!" is replaced by "!".

       :q or :Q
              Quit (same as q or Q).

       .      (dot) repeat the previous command.

       The  commands  take  effect  immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to type a carriage return.  Up to the
       time when the command character itself is given, the user may hit the line kill character to  cancel  the
       numerical  argument  being  formed.   In  addition, the user may hit the erase character to redisplay the
       --More-- message.

       At any time when output is being sent  to  the  terminal,  the  user  can  hit  the  quit  key  (normally
       control-\).   Zmore  will  stop sending output, and will display the usual --More-- prompt.  The user may
       then enter one of the above commands in the normal manner.  Unfortunately, some output is lost when  this
       is  done, due to the fact that any characters waiting in the terminal's output queue are flushed when the
       quit signal occurs.

       The terminal is set to noecho mode by this program so that the output can be continuous.  What  you  type
       will thus not show on your terminal, except for the / and !  commands.

       If the standard output is not a teletype, then zmore acts just like zcat, except that a header is printed
       before each file if there is more than one file.

FILES

       /etc/termcap
              Terminal data base

SEE ALSO

       more(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1)

                                                                                                        ZMORE(1)