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Reverted edits by 192.18.100.50 (Talk); changed back to last version by Jimbo

Jimbo at 18:05, 5 May 2007

2007-05-05T18:05:54Z

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Jimbo at 15:35, 29 October 2004

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65.9.163.35 at 03:24, 10 September 2004

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Jimbo at 12:42, 9 September 2004

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Dave at 06:03, 7 September 2004

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Jimbo at 18:08, 6 September 2004

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Dave at 06:23, 6 September 2004

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[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that ''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and the gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.

compare to [[less]]

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	Most commonly used as the target of a redirection; for example '''cat /etc/fstab \| more''' or '''ps ax \| more'''.		Most commonly used as the target of a redirection; for example '''cat /etc/fstab \| more''' or '''ps ax \| more'''.

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	[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> \| more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line. (The arrow keys, page up, and page down also work as expected. Pressing '''q''' for Quit exits the pager without displaying any more of the file.) Older versions of [[more]] did not let you go up with the up-arrow key, this was one of the improvements of [[less]] -- and was eventually ported to more.		[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> \| more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line. (The arrow keys, page up, and page down also work as expected. Pressing '''q''' for Quit exits the pager without displaying any more of the file.) Older versions of [[more]] did not let you go up with the up-arrow key, this was one of the improvements of [[less]] -- and was eventually ported to more.
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		+	Most commonly used as the target of a redirection; for example '''cat /etc/fstab \| more''' or '''ps ax \| more'''.

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-[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.  (The arrow keys, page up, and page down also work as expected.  Pressing '''q''' for Quit exits the pager without displaying any more of the file.)
+[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.  (The arrow keys, page up, and page down also work as expected.  Pressing '''q''' for Quit exits the pager without displaying any more of the file.) Older versions of [[more]] did not let you go up with the up-arrow key, this was one of the improvements of [[less]] -- and was eventually ported to more.
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-[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.
+[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.  (The arrow keys, page up, and page down also work as expected.  Pressing '''q''' for Quit exits the pager without displaying any more of the file.)
 compare to [[less]]
 [[Category:Windows Equivalents]]

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-[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that ''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.
+[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that '''type <filename> | more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.
 compare to [[less]]
 [[Category:Windows Equivalents]]

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−	[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that ''type <filename> \| more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and ~~the~~ gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.	+	[[more]] is a pager; it does the same thing that ''type <filename> \| more''' does in MS DOS: it shows you the output of the file for a screen-length, and then gives you the option to view more by pressing the spacebar for another page or "enter" for another line.

	compare to [[less]]		compare to [[less]]
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		+	[[Category:Windows Equivalents]]