more — File perusal filter for crt 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.
Examples :
$ more myfile1 myfile2 — Show myfile 1 & 2 page by page.
$ more -10 myfile — Show 10lines/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 +/foo myfile — The +/ option specifies a string that will be searched for before each file is displayed.
$ more +10 myfile — Start at line number 10.
Apart from this option, more will support few interactive commands also. For example
- :f — Show current filename
- :n — Next file
:p — Previous file
b — Move backward
f — Move forward
Space — Next page
ENTER — Next Line
Read : man more