more

Display file contents, one screen at a time

Supplementary instructions

more command is a text filter based on vi editor. It displays the contents of text files on a page-by-page basis in full screen mode and supports keyword positioning operations in vi. There are several shortcut keys built into the more list, the commonly used ones are H (get help information), Enter (scroll down one line), Space (scroll down one screen), Q (exit command).

This command displays one screen of text at a time, stops when the screen is full, and a prompt message appears at the bottom of the screen, giving the percentage of the file that has been displayed so far: --More--(XX%) You can use the following different methods Answer the prompt:

• Press the Space key: display the next screen content of the text.
• Press Enter key: only the next line of text will be displayed.
• Press the slash character |: Then enter a pattern to find the next matching pattern in the text.
• Press H key: Display the help screen with relevant help information.
• Press B key: display the previous screen content.
• Press the Q key: exit the more command.

grammar

more(syntax)(parameter)

Options

-<Number>: Specify the number of lines displayed on each screen;
-d: Display "[press space to continue,'q' to quit.]" and "[Press 'h' for instructions]";
-c: No scrolling operation is performed. Refresh this screen every time;
-s: compress multiple blank lines into one line for display;
-u: disable underscores;
+<Number>: Display starts from the line with the specified number.

Parameters

File: Specify the file to display content in pages.

Example

Display the contents of the file file, but clear the screen before displaying it, and display the completion percentage at the bottom of the screen.

more -dc file

Display the contents of the file file every 10 lines, and clear the screen before displaying.

more -c -10 file