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.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm

is a program similar to the traditional

displays text one screenful at a time.

.Xr more 1 ,

After showing each screenful, it prompts the user for a command,

but with many more features.

as described in

It displays text one screenful at a time.

.Sx COMMANDS .

After showing each screenful, it prompts the user for a command.

When showing the last line of a file,

.Nm

displays a prompt indicating end of file and the name of the next file

to examine, if any.

It then waits for input from the user.

.Pp

Commands are based on both traditional

.Xr more 1

and

.Xr vi 1 .

Commands may be preceded by a decimal number,

called

.Ar N

in the descriptions below.

The number is used by some commands, as indicated.

.Pp

This version of

.Nm

also acts as

is similar to the traditional

.Xr more 1 ,

but with many more features.

.Nm

will behave like

.Xr more 1

if it is called as

.Nm more ,

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may also be used to set (or change) an initial command for every file.

.El

.Sh COMMANDS

Commands are based on both traditional

.Xr more 1

and

.Xr vi 1 .

Commands may be preceded by a decimal number,

called

.Ar N

in the descriptions below.

In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.

ESC stands for the ESCAPE key; for example ESC-v means the

two character sequence "ESCAPE", then "v".

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.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr lesskey 1 ,

.Xr more 1

.Sh HISTORY

.Nm

was first published in 1985 and has been available since

.Ox 2.0 .

.Sh AUTHORS

.An Mark Nudelman .

.An Mark Nudelman