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Paging display system (more)

[*] The more command provides a convenient alternative to displaying text on your terminal. The more program takes the input text and displays one screen full worth. The last line of the screen contains -More-. To scroll an entire screen forward, press the space bar. To scroll forward one line at a time, press <return>. To enter the vi text editor (see section [*]), type v. To quit reading, type q.

More can be used on a text file by typing more filename or can be used to display the output from another program with the use of the pipe symbol (see section [*]) by typing command | more.


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