more - is used to view the text files in the command prompt, displaying one
screen at a time in case the file is large
To help the user to navigate the long files , Press space to continue,
âqâ to quit. and display Press âhâ for instructions.
$ more -d file.txt
To display as it is and not to wrap the lines
$ more -f file.txt
To clear the screen and then displays the text
$ more -p file.txt
To display the pages on the same area by overlapping the previously
displayed text.
$ more -c file.txt
To compress multiple blank lines into one single blank line
$ more -s file.txt
To omit the underlines in a file
$ more -u file.txt
To search the string inside file
$ more +/<string> file.txt
$ more +/default file.txt
To display the text after the specified number of lines of the file
$ more +20 file.txt
$ more +50 file.txt
To display first N lines of a file
$ more -10 file.txt
To use pipe to see long outputs
$ cat file.txt | more
regards,
T.Dhanasekar
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