Manual: zmore

ZMORE(1)					   General Commands Manual					    ZMORE(1)

NAME
       zmore - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text

SYNOPSIS
       zmore [ name ...	 ]

DESCRIPTION
       The zmore command is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screenful at a time on a
       soft-copy  terminal.   The  zmore  command  works on files compressed with compress, pack or gzip, and also on uncom‐
       pressed files.  If a file does not exist, zmore looks for a file of the same name with the addition of a .gz,  .z  or
       .Z suffix.

       The  zmore  command normally pauses after each screenful, printing --More-- at the bottom of the screen.	 If the user
       then types a carriage return, one more line is displayed.  If the user hits a space, another screenful is  displayed.
       Other possibilities are enumerated later.

       The  zmore command looks in the file /etc/termcap to determine terminal characteristics, and to determine the default
       window size.  On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default window size is 22  lines.   To  use  a  pager
       other than the default more, set environment variable PAGER to the name of the desired program, such as less.

       Other sequences which may be typed when zmore pauses, and their effects, are as follows (i is an optional integer ar‐
       gument, defaulting to 1) :

       i
	      display i more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is given)

       ^D     display 11 more lines (a ``scroll'').  If i is given, then the scroll size is set to i.

       d      same as ^D (control-D)

       iz     same as typing a space except that i, if present, becomes the new window size.

       is     skip i lines and print a screenful of lines

       if     skip i screenfuls and print a screenful of lines

       q or Q Quit.

       =      Display the current line number.

       i/expr search  for  the	i-th occurrence of the regular expression expr.	 The user's erase and kill characters may be
	      used to edit the regular expression.  Erasing back past the first column cancels the search command.

       in     search for the i-th occurrence of the last regular expression entered.

       !command
	      invoke a shell with command.  The character `!' in "command" is replaced with the previous shell command.	 The
	      sequence "\!" is replaced by "!".

       :q or :Q
	      Quit (same as q or Q).

       .      (dot) repeat the previous command.

       The commands take effect immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to type a carriage return.  Up to the time  when	 the
       command	character  itself  is given, the user may hit the line kill character to cancel the numerical argument being
       formed.	In addition, the user may hit the erase character to redisplay the --More-- message.

       At any time when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can hit the quit key (normally control-\).  The zmore
       command will stop sending output, and will display the usual --More-- prompt.  The user may then	 enter	one  of	 the
       above  commands in the normal manner.  Unfortunately, some output is lost when this is done, due to the fact that any
       characters waiting in the terminal's output queue are flushed when the quit signal occurs.

       The terminal is set to noecho mode by this program so that the output can be continuous.	 What you type will thus not
       show on your terminal, except for the / and !  commands.

       If the standard output is not a teletype, then zmore acts just like zcat, except that a header is printed before each
       file if there is more than one file.

FILES
       /etc/termcap
	      Terminal data base

SEE ALSO
       more(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1)

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