Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.28+, H06.05+)

User Commands (m - o) more(1)
-t tagstring
Writes the screenful of the file containing the tag named by the tagstring argument.
The specified tag appears in the current position. If both -p and -t are specified, more
processes -t first. (The tagstring argument specifies a file created with the ctags utility.
OSS does not support the ctags utility, but more does support ctags files that have
been copied to the OSS environment from another system.)
-u Treats <Backspace> as a printable control character, suppressing backspacing and the
special handling that produces underlined or standout-mode text on some terminal
types. Also, does not ignore a carriage-return character at the end of a line.
-v Does not display nonprinting characters graphically. Without this flag, all non-ASCII
and control characters (except <Tab>, <Backspace>, and <Return>) are displayed
visibly in the form ˆX for <Ctrl-x>,orM-x for non-ASCII character x.
-W option
Provides optional extensions to the more command. Currently, the following two
options are supported:
notite Prevents more from sending the terminal initialization string (the ti termcap
or the smcup terminfo capability) before displaying the file. This argument
also prevents more from sending the terminal de-initialization string (the te
termcap or the rmcup terminfo capability) before exiting.
tite Causes more to send the initialization and de-initialization strings. This is
the default.
The preceding options control whether more sends the control codes described, which
for certain terminals (such as certain xterms) cause more to switch to an alternative
screen. This causes the file you were viewing to vanish from your screen when you
exit.
This is also something you could set in your login file with the MORE environment
variable.
-x tabs Sets the tabstops every tabs position. The default value for the tabs argument is 8.
-z Same as if the -v flag is not given, but in addition, <Backspace> is displayed as ˆH,
<Return> as ˆM, and <Tab> as ˆI.
DESCRIPTION
The more command normally pauses after each screenful, printing the filename at the bottom of
the screen. You can then enter a carriage-return to display one more line, or press <Space> to
display another screenful. Other possibilities are described under SUBCOMMANDS.
The more command looks in the terminfo database to determine terminal characteristics, and to
determine the default window size. On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default win-
dow size for more is 23 lines.
The more command looks in the MORE environment variable to preset any desired flags. The
MORE variable thus sets a string containing flags and arguments, preceded with - (dash) charac-
ters and space-separated as on the command line. Any command-line flags or arguments are pro-
cessed after those in the MORE variable, as if the command line were as follows:
more $MORE flags arguments
For example, assume that you prefer to view files using the -c and -w flags. The sh command
sequence MORE=’-cw’ ; export MORE would cause all invocations of more, including invoca-
tions by programs such as man to use this mode. Normally, you place the command sequence
that sets up the MORE environment variable in the .profile file or the .kshrc file. Note that the
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