more
View file contents one screenful at a time with forward-only paging.
Synopsis
more [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Examples
more file.txt
dmesg | more
more +100 largefile.log
Common options
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| -d | Display help prompt instead of bell |
| -f | Count logical lines, not screen lines |
| -s | Squeeze multiple blank lines |
| +n | Start at line number n |
About more
The `more` command view file contents one screenful at a time with forward-only paging. Text viewing and editing commands are fundamental tools in any Linux user's toolkit.
Linux treats almost everything as a file, so the ability to quickly inspect, filter, transform, and edit file contents from the command line is critical. These commands are regularly combined with pipes and redirects to build powerful data-processing pipelines.
The command accepts 4 commonly used flags shown above, though the full set of options is available in the man page (`man more`). The 3 examples on this page cover typical real-world usage patterns that you can copy and adapt for your own workflows.
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