more

Format

The more command is an embedded command and is not accessible to the user on the command line.

Functional Description

The more command is not specified by the user on the command line, but is implicitly used by certain commands. After displaying the number of lines according to the value of the moresz environment variable, the more command displays the prompt "more-" Commands that use the more command include h, hi, d, l, search, and ls.

The user can enter the following commands at the "more-" prompt:

Command	Action
Space	Print one more page
/str	Search forward for string str
n	Repeat last executed search
<CR>	Show next line
q	Quit from the more prompt and return to the monitor prompt

The moresz Variable

moresz sets how many lines are displayed on one screen during screen-at-a-time output. If moresz is set to zero, the screen scrolls continuously. The ^S or ^Q control sequence must be used to pause the output, and the ^C control sequence must be used to terminate output.

For example, to set the default number of lines output by the more command to 12, enter:

PMON> set moresz 12

 

See Also

set command for the setup of the environment variables.