Microsoft DOS more command
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About more
More allows information to be displayed one page at a time.
Availability
The more.com command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
All Versions of MS-DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Syntax
Displays output one screen at a time.
MORE [drive:][path]filename
MORE < [drive:][path]filename
command-name | MORE [drive:][path][filename]
| [drive:][path]filename |
Specifies file(s) to display one screen at a time |
| command-name |
Specifies a command whose output will be displayed. |
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP syntax
Displays output one screen at a time.]
MORE [/E [/C] [/P] [/S] [/Tn] [+n]] < [drive:][path]filename
command-name | MORE [/E [/C] [/P] [/S] [/Tn] [+n]]
MORE /E [/C] [/P] [/S] [/Tn] [+n] [files]
| [drive:][path]filename |
Specifies a file to display one screen at a time. |
| command-name |
Specifies a command whose output will be displayed. |
| /E |
Enable extended features |
| /C |
Clear screen before displaying page |
| /P |
Expand FormFeed characters |
| /S |
Squeeze multiple blank lines into a single line |
| /Tn |
Expand tabs to n spaces (default 8)
Switches can be present in the MORE environment variable. |
| +n |
Start displaying the first file at line n |
| files |
List of files to be displayed. Files in the list are separated by blanks. |
If extended features are enabled, the below commands are accepted at the -- More -- prompt:
| P n |
Display next n lines |
| S n |
Skip next n lines |
| F |
Display next file |
| Q |
Quit |
| = |
Show line number |
| ? |
Show help line |
| <space> |
Display next page |
| <ret> |
Display next line |
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP recovery console command syntax
Displays a text file to the screen.
more [filename]
Examples
dir | more
Allows you to view the directory listing one page at a time, if applicable. This would be the same as doing dir /p.
more myfile.txt
Would display the contents of a page one page at a time. Pressing space would go to the next page and pressing enter would go down one line at a time. |
