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MORE(1)                                                                                                   User Commands                                                                                                  MORE(1)

NAME
       more - display the contents of a file in a terminal

SYNOPSIS
       more [options] file ...

DESCRIPTION
       more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is especially primitive. Users should realize that less(1) provides more(1) emulation plus extensive enhancements.

OPTIONS
       Options are also taken from the environment variable MORE (make sure to precede them with a dash (-)) but command-line options will override those.

       -d, --silent
           Prompt with "[Press space to continue, 'q' to quit.]", and display "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing the bell when an illegal key is pressed.

       -l, --logical
           Do not pause after any line containing a ^L (form feed).

       -e, --exit-on-eof
           Exit on End-Of-File, enabled by default if POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable is not set or if not executed on terminal.

       -f, --no-pause
           Count logical lines, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are not folded).

       -p, --print-over
           Do not scroll. Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the text. Notice that this option is switched on automatically if the executable is named page.

       -c, --clean-print
           Do not scroll. Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing the remainder of each line as it is displayed.

       -s, --squeeze
           Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.

       -u, --plain
           Suppress underlining. This option is silently ignored as backwards compatibility.

       -n, --lines number
           Specify the number of lines per screenful. The number argument is a positive decimal integer. The --lines option shall override any values obtained from any other source, such as 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.
Title: More Command: Displaying File Content in Terminal
Summary
This manual page describes the `more` command, a basic utility for displaying text files in a terminal, one screenful at a time. It details command-line options for controlling the display, such as setting the number of lines per screen, searching for a string, and handling blank lines. It also lists the interactive commands available within `more`, like moving forward, displaying help, and exiting.