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.