Annotation of researchv10no/cmd/compress/zmore.1, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: .TH ZMORE 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: zmore \- file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B zmore
                      6: [ name ...  ]
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I  Zmore
                      9: is a filter which allows examination of compressed text files
                     10: one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal.
                     11: It normally pauses after each screenful, printing --More--
                     12: at the bottom of the screen.
                     13: If the user then types a carriage return, one more line is displayed.
                     14: If the user hits a space,
                     15: another screenful is displayed.  Other possibilites are enumerated later.
                     16: .PP
                     17: .I Zmore
                     18: looks in the file
                     19: .I /etc/termcap
                     20: to determine terminal characteristics,
                     21: and to determine the default window size.
                     22: On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines,
                     23: the default window size is 22 lines.
                     24: .PP
                     25: Other sequences which may be typed when
                     26: .I zmore
                     27: pauses, and their effects, are as follows (\fIi\fP is an optional integer
                     28: argument, defaulting to 1) :
                     29: .PP
                     30: .IP \fIi\|\fP<space>
                     31: display
                     32: .I i
                     33: more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is given)
                     34: .PP
                     35: .IP ^D
                     36: display 11 more lines (a ``scroll'').
                     37: If
                     38: .I i
                     39: is given, then the scroll size is set to \fIi\|\fP.
                     40: .PP
                     41: .IP d
                     42: same as ^D (control-D)
                     43: .PP
                     44: .IP \fIi\|\fPz
                     45: same as typing a space except that \fIi\|\fP, if present, becomes the new
                     46: window size.  Note that the window size reverts back to the default at the
                     47: end of the current file.
                     48: .PP
                     49: .IP \fIi\|\fPs
                     50: skip \fIi\|\fP lines and print a screenful of lines
                     51: .PP
                     52: .IP \fIi\|\fPf
                     53: skip \fIi\fP screenfuls and print a screenful of lines
                     54: .PP
                     55: .IP "q or Q"
                     56: quit reading the current file; go on to the next (if any)
                     57: .PP
                     58: .IP e
                     59: When the prompt --More--(Next file: 
                     60: .IR file )
                     61: is printed, this command causes zmore to exit.
                     62: .PP 
                     63: .IP =
                     64: Display the current line number.
                     65: .PP
                     66: .IP \fIi\|\fP/expr
                     67: search for the \fIi\|\fP-th occurrence of the regular expression \fIexpr.\fP
                     68: If the pattern is not found,
                     69: .I zmore
                     70: goes on to the next file (if any).
                     71: Otherwise, a screenful is displayed, starting two lines before the place
                     72: where the expression was found.
                     73: The user's erase and kill characters may be used to edit the regular
                     74: expression.
                     75: Erasing back past the first column cancels the search command.
                     76: .PP
                     77: .IP \fIi\|\fPn
                     78: search for the \fIi\|\fP-th occurrence of the last regular expression entered.
                     79: .PP
                     80: .IP !command
                     81: invoke a shell with \fIcommand\|\fP. 
                     82: The character `!' in "command" are replaced with the
                     83: the previous shell command.  The sequence "\\!" is replaced by "!".
                     84: .PP
                     85: .IP ":q or :Q"
                     86: quit reading the current file; go on to the next (if any)
                     87: (same as q or Q).
                     88: .PP
                     89: .IP .
                     90: (dot) repeat the previous command.
                     91: .PP
                     92: The commands take effect immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to
                     93: type a carriage return.
                     94: Up to the time when the command character itself is given,
                     95: the user may hit the line kill character to cancel the numerical
                     96: argument being formed.
                     97: In addition, the user may hit the erase character to redisplay the
                     98: --More-- message.
                     99: .PP
                    100: At any time when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can
                    101: hit the quit key (normally control\-\\).
                    102: .I Zmore
                    103: will stop sending output, and will display the usual --More--
                    104: prompt.
                    105: The user may then enter one of the above commands in the normal manner.
                    106: Unfortunately, some output is lost when this is done, due to the
                    107: fact that any characters waiting in the terminal's output queue
                    108: are flushed when the quit signal occurs.
                    109: .PP
                    110: The terminal is set to
                    111: .I noecho
                    112: mode by this program so that the output can be continuous.
                    113: What you type will thus not show on your terminal, except for the / and !
                    114: commands.
                    115: .PP
                    116: If the standard output is not a teletype, then
                    117: .I zmore
                    118: acts just like
                    119: .I zcat,
                    120: except that a header is printed before each file.
                    121: .SH FILES
                    122: .DT
                    123: /etc/termcap           Terminal data base
                    124: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    125: more(1), zcat(1), compress(1), uncompress(1)

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