number of lines reported by
terminal.
-number
A numeric option means the same as --lines option argument.
+number
Start displaying each file at line number.
+/string
The string to be searched in each file before starting to display it.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
Print version and exit.
COMMANDS
Interactive commands for more are based on vi(1). Some commands may be preceded by a decimal number, called k in the descriptions below. In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
h or ?
Help; display a summary of these commands. If you forget all other commands, remember this one.
SPACE
Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size.
z
Display next k lines of text. Defaults to current screen size. Argument becomes new default.
RETURN
Display next k lines of text. Defaults to 1. Argument becomes new default.
d or ^D
Scroll k lines. Default is current scroll size, initially 11. Argument becomes new default.
q or Q or INTERRUPT
Exit.
s
Skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1.
f
Skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1.
b or ^B
Skip backwards k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1. Only works with files, not pipes.
'
Go to the place where the last search started.
=
Display current line number.
/pattern
Search for kth occurrence of regular expression. Defaults to 1.
n
Search for kth occurrence of last regular expression. Defaults to 1.
!command or :!command
Execute command in a subshell.
v
Start up an editor at current line. The editor is taken from the environment variable VISUAL if defined, or EDITOR if VISUAL is not defined, or defaults