MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

more(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities more(1)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the operation of more:
COLUMNS
contains the maximum number of columns to display on one line.
EDITOR
contains the name of the editor that the v command invokes.
LINES contains the number of lines in a page. This value takes precedence over value from
TERM ; however, the –n value takes precedence over the LINES value.
MORE
contains a list of options (from those listed in the DESCRIPTION section) as they
would appear on the command line. This variable takes preference over the
TERM
and LINES variables.
TERM
contains the name of the terminal type.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible exit status values are:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
Messages
Message: ******** filename: Not a text file ********
Cause: You specified the file filename which was not a text file.
Action: Specify a text file.
Message: Badly constructed regular expression.
Cause: more encountered a syntax error in a regular expression.
Action: Check the syntax of the regular expression.
Message: Badly formed number in "num"
Cause: You specified an option which requires a numeric argument, but the argument
given was not a valid number.
Action: Provide a valid number as an argument.
Message: cannot create file "filename"
Cause: You attempted to use the :w filename command, but more was unable to create
the file, probably due to the existence of a file with that name, no space on the
destination device, or inappropriate permissions on the destination directory.
Action: Check that filename does not already exist, that there is space on the destination
device, and that you have appropriate permissions on the destination device.
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