More
Purpose:
Sends
output
to
the
console
one
screen
at a time.
Syntax:
more
Comments:
More
is a filter that reads from standard input
(for
instance, a
command
from
your
terminal) and displays
one
screen
of
informa-
tion at a time.
The
more
command
then
pauses
and
displays
the
"--More--" message at
the
bottom
of
your
screen.
To
continue
displaying information, press
the
RETURN
key and
keep
pressing it
until you have read all the data.
Note To hold input information until it is displayed,
the
more
command
creates a temporary file
on
the
disk.
If
the
disk is full
or
write-protected, however,
the
more
command
will
not
work.
Examples:
MS-DOS Commands
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More
is useful for viewing long files. For example,
if
you
have a Viewing long files
long file
of
customers, you
could
use
the
more
command
to
view
it
one
screen
at a time. Suppose this file is called clients. new. To
see
it
you
would
just type
the
following command:
type
client5.new
:
more
You can also redirect input from a file
to
more,
for example:
more
<
client5.new
This
command
also sends
the
file clients.
new
to
the
screen
one
screenful at a time.
Redirecting input
from a file
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