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                     21: .Dd June 23, 2003
                     22: .Dt ZMORE 1
                     23: .Os
                     24: .Sh NAME
                     25: .Nm zmore
                     26: .Nd view compressed files on a crt
                     27: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     28: .Nm zmore
                     29: .Op Ar flags
                     30: .Op Ar file ...
                     31: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     32: .Nm
                     33: is a filter that allows the viewing of files compressed with Lempel-Ziv
                     34: encoding.
                     35: Such files generally have a
                     36: .Dq Z
                     37: or
                     38: .Dq gz
                     39: extension (both the
                     40: .Xr compress 1
                     41: and
                     42: .Xr gzip 1
                     43: formats are supported).
                     44: Any
                     45: .Ar flags
                     46: that are specified are passed to the user's preferred
                     47: .Ev PAGER
1.3     ! deraadt    48: (which is
        !            49: .Pa /usr/bin/more
1.1       millert    50: by default).
                     51: .Pp
                     52: When multiple files are specified,
                     53: .Nm
                     54: will pause at the end of each file and present the following prompt to the user:
                     55: .Bd -literal -offset indent
                     56: prev_file (END) - Next: next_file
                     57: .Ed
                     58: .Pp
                     59: Where
                     60: .Sy prev_file
                     61: is the file that was just displayed and
                     62: .Sy next_file
                     63: is the next file to be displayed.
                     64: The following keys are recognized at the prompt:
                     65: .Bl -tag -width "e or q" -offset indent
1.3     ! deraadt    66: .It Ic e No or Ic q
1.1       millert    67: quit
                     68: .Nm zmore .
1.3     ! deraadt    69: .It Ic s
1.1       millert    70: skip the next file (or exit if the next file is the last).
                     71: .El
                     72: .Pp
                     73: If no files are specified,
                     74: .Nm
                     75: will read from the standard input.
                     76: In this mode
                     77: .Nm
                     78: will assume
                     79: .Xr gzip 1
                     80: style compression since there is no suffix on which to make a decision.
                     81: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
                     82: .Bl -tag -width "PAGER"
                     83: .It Ev PAGER
                     84: Program used to display files.
                     85: If unset,
                     86: .Pa /usr/bin/more
                     87: is used.
                     88: .El
                     89: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.2       jmc        90: .Xr compress 1 ,
1.1       millert    91: .Xr less 1 ,
1.2       jmc        92: .Xr more 1