One Day One GNU/Linux Command (MORE)
Bharathi Subramanian
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more -- File perusal filter for viewing
Summary:
Perusal means the act of reading, especially of reading through or
with care. More is a filter for paging through text one screenful
at a time. Press `q' to Quit.
Examples:
$ more myfile1 myfile2 -- Show myfile 1 and 2 page by page.
$ more -10 myfile -- Show 10 lines/page.
$ more -d myfile -- Usually more show % of viewed content only at the
bottom. With -d it shows more verbose prompt.
$ more -p -10 myfile -- Don't scroll the output. Just the screen and
display the text.
$ more -c -10 myfile -- Don't scroll. Instead, paint each screen from
the top, clearing the remainder of each line as it is displayed.
$ more -s myfile -- Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
$ more +/Midas myfile -- The +/ option specifies a string that will be
searched for before each file is displayed.
$ more +10 myfile -- Start at line number 10.
$ ls | more -- Show the ls output page by page.
Apart from this command line options, more supports few interactive
commands also. For example
:f -- Show current line number and filename
:n -- Next file
:p -- Previous file
b -- Move Backward
f -- Move Forward
h -- Help
q -- Quit
Space -- Next Page
ENTER -- Next Line
Read: man more
Bye :)
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Bharathi S