Microsoft DOS more command
About more
More shows information one page at a time.
Availability
The more command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems as more.com.
All Versions of MS-DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 10
More syntax
Windows XP and 2000 syntax
MORE [/E [/C] [/P] [/S] [/Tn] [+n]] < [drive:][path]filename
command-name | MORE [/E [/C] [/P] [/S] [/Tn] [+n]]
MORE /E [/C] [/P] [/S] [/Tn] [+n] [files]
| [drive:][path]filename | Specifies a file to display one screen at a time. |
| command-name | Specifies a command whose output to show. |
| /E | Enable extended features |
| /C | Clear screen before displaying page |
| /P | Expand FormFeed characters |
| /S | Squeeze multiple blank lines into a single line |
| /Tn | Expand tabs to n spaces (default 8)
Switches can be present in the MORE environment variable. |
| +n | Start displaying the first file at line n |
| files | List of files to show. Files in the list are separated by blanks. |
If extended features are enabled, the below commands are accepted at the -- More -- prompt:
| P n | Display next n lines |
| S n | Skip next n lines |
| F | Display next file |
| Q | Quit |
| = | Show line number |
| ? | Show help line |
| <space> | Display next page |
| <ret> | Display next line |
Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP recovery console syntax
Displays a text file to the screen.
more [filename]
Windows 95, 98, and ME syntax
Displays output one screen at a time.
MORE [drive:][path]filename
MORE < [drive:][path]filename
command-name | MORE [drive:][path][filename]
| [drive:][path]filename | Specifies file(s) to display one screen at a time |
| command-name | Specifies a command whose output will is shown. |
More examples
dir | more
Allows you to view the directory listing one page at a time, if applicable. This would be the same as doing dir /p.
more myfile.txt
Would display the contents of a page one page at a time. Pressing space would go to the next page and pressing enter would go down one line at a time.
Additional information
- See our more definition for further information and related links on this term.