Displays text one screen at a
time.
| -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. |
| -e |
Exit immediately after writing the last line of the last file in the argument list. |
| -f |
Do not fold long lines. This is useful when lines contain nonprinting characters or escape
sequences, such as those generated when nroff output is piped through
ul. |
| -i |
Perform pattern matching in searches without regard to case. |
| -l |
Ignores form-feed characters (Ctrl + L starts the new page.) |
| -n
number |
Specify the number of lines per screenful. The number argument is a positive decimal integer. The -n option overrides any values obtained from the
environment. |
| -p command |
For each file examined, initially execute the more command in the command argument. If the command is a positioning command, such as a line number or a regular expression search, set the current
position to represent the final results of the command, without writing any intermediate lines of the file. |
| -r |
Displays control keys. |
| -s |
Doesn't display extra blank lines. |
| -t
tagstring |
Write the screenful of the file containing the tag named by the tagstring argument. |
| -u |
Ignores backspace and underscores. |
| -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 before exiting. |
| -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 |
Displays text two lines before the first time text appears. |
| filename |
The name of the file. |
In the above example the command would begin displaying the
file myfile.txt at line three.
