On 09:57:27 Jun 03, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > One Day One GNU/Linux Command > ============================= > > 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
Hey, People should not be using more(1) any"more". ;) It is less and less nowadays. And now that summer is getting over let us switch over from 'more' to 'chai'. (If you dunno Tamil you won't get this joke) Anyway kidding aside less(1) is much faster and more feature rich than more. Since it doesn't read the whole file before loading. Try loading a file in vi/vim and less. Try the log file for instance and contrast it with the startup time with more. Not sure if more has backported some of less innovations. I stopped using more(1) more than 6 years ago. It can also display percentages, move back one page, half page or few lines at a time , turn pattern based search on and off and so on. It is only the really really old UNIX hackers that still are stuck with more(1). Anyway enough of my rant. -Girish _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
