NAME
     more - browse or page through a text file

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/more [ -cdflrsuw ] [ -lines ] [ +linenumber ]
          [ +/pattern ] [ filename ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     more is a filter that displays the contents of a  text  file
     on  the  terminal,  one  screenful  at  a time.  It normally
     pauses after each screenful.  If more is reading from a file
     rather than a pipe, the  percentage  of characters displayed 
     so far is also shown.

     more scrolls up to display one more line in  response  to  a
     RETURN  character; it displays another screenful in response
     to a SPACE character.  Other commands are listed below.

     more sets the terminal to NOECHO mode, so  that  the  output
     can  be  continuous.  Commands that you type do not normally
     show up on your terminal, except for the / and ! commands.

     If the standard output is not a  terminal,  more  acts  just
     like  cat(1),  except  that  a header is printed before each
     file in a series.

OPTIONS
     -c              Clear before displaying.  Redraws the screen
                    instead  of  scrolling  for  faster displays.
                    This option is ignored if the  terminal  does
                    not have the ability to clear to the end of a
                    line.

     -d              Display error messages rather  than  ringing
                    the  terminal bell if an unrecognized command
                    is used.  This is helpful  for  inexperienced
                    users.

     -s              Squeeze.  Replace multiple blank lines  with
                    a  single  blank  line.  This is helpful when
                    viewing nroff(1) output on the screen.

     -f              Do not fold long lines.  This is useful when
                    lines   contain   nonprinting  characters  or
                    escape sequences,  such  as  those  generated
                    when nroff(1) output is piped through ul(1).

     -l              Do not treat FORMFEED characters (CTRL-L) as
                    page  breaks.  If -l is not used, more pauses
                    to accept commands after any line  containing
                    a  ^L  character  (CTRL-L).   Also, if a file
                    begins with a FORMFEED, the screen is cleared
                    before the file is printed.

     -r              Normally, more  ignores  control  characters
                    that it does not interpret in some way.  The
                    -r option causes these to be displayed as  ^C
                    where  C  stands for any such control charac-
                    ter.

     -u              Suppress generation  of  underlining  escape
                    sequences.   Normally, more handles underlin-
                    ing, such as that produced by nroff(1), in  a
                    manner  appropriate  to the terminal.  If the
                    terminal can perform  underlining  or  has  a
                    stand-out  mode,  more  supplies  appropriate
                    escape sequences as called for  in  the  text
                    file.

     -w              Normally, more exits when it  comes  to  the
                    end  of  its  input.   With -w, however, more
                    prompts and waits for any key  to  be  struck

     -lines          Display the indicated  number  of  lines  in
                    each  screenful, rather than the default (the
                    number of lines in the terminal  screen  less
                    two).

     +linenumber    Start up at linenumber.

     +/pattern      Start up two lines above the line  containing
                    the   regular   expression   pattern.   Note:
                    Unlike editors, this construct should not end
                    with  a  `/.'   If it does, then the trailing
                    slash is taken as a character in  the  search
                    pattern.

SEE ALSO
     cat(1),  csh(1),  ctags(1),  man(1),  nroff(1),   script(1),
     sh(1), ul(1), environ(4), terminfo(4), environ(5)


for more information, use the 'man more' command.