gno/bin/more/more.1
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aroff source to nroff source so that it can go into the repository
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.\" Converted to nroff source from the original aroff by Devin Reade,
.\" 10 April 1998.
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.\" $Id: more.1,v 1.1 1998/04/10 19:02:02 gdr-ftp Exp $
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.TH MORE 1 "16 October 1993" GNO "Commands and Applications"
.SH NAME
more \- text pager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR more
[
.IR file " ..."
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR more
allows the user to view the specified
.IR file (s)
screen by screen or line by line. If no
.IR file s
are specified, standard input is used.
.LP
Every time
.BR more
has displayed a screen of text, it displays a prompt:
.nf
- \fIfile\fR (xx%) -
.fi
indicating the name and percentage of the
.IR file
that has been viewed. If standard input is used, the prompt
.nf
- more -
.fi
is used instead.
.LP
A number of key commands are available at the prompt:
.RS
.IP \fBq\fR
Quit viewing the current file, and move to the next file (if any).
.IP [\fBRETURN\fR]
Display the next line of the file.
.IP [\fBESC\fR]
Abort more, including any more files that may have been specified.
.IP [\fBSPACE\fR]
Display the next page of the file.
.SH AUTHOR
This version of more was written by Jawaid Bazyar and Derek Taubert,
then updated by Mike Horwath.