MORE(1) General Commands Manual MORE(1) NAME more - Display the contents of a text file SYNOPSIS more [OPTIONS] FILE... DESCRIPTION Display the contents of a text file OPTIONS -d, --silent Display help instead of ringing bell when an illegal key is pressed -f, --logical Count logical lines, rather than screen lines -e, --exit-on-eof Exit on End-Of-File -l, --no-pause Do not pause after any line containing a ^L (form feed) -p, --print-over Do not scroll, clear screen and display text -c, --clean-print Do not scroll, display text and clean line ends -s, --squeeze Squeeze multiple blank lines into one -n, --lines The number of lines per screen full --number Same as --lines option argument -F, --from-line Start displaying each file at line number -P, --pattern The string to be searched in each file before starting to display it -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version [files] Path to the files to be read VERSION v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 MORE(1)