BZMORE(1)                                                            BZMORE(1)



NAME
       bzmore, bzless - file perusal filter for crt viewing of bzip2
       compressed text

SYNOPSIS
       bzmore [ name ...  ]
       bzless [ name ...  ]

NOTE
       In the following description, bzless and less can be used
       interchangeably with bzmore and more.

DESCRIPTION
       Bzmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text
       files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal.  bzmore works on
       files compressed with bzip2 and also on uncompressed files.  If a file
       does not exist, bzmore looks for a file of the same name with the
       addition of a .bz2 suffix.

       Bzmore normally pauses after each screenful, printing --More-- at the
       bottom of the screen.  If the user then types a carriage return, one
       more line is displayed.  If the user hits a space, another screenful is
       displayed.  Other possibilities are enumerated later.

       Bzmore looks in the file /etc/termcap to determine terminal
       characteristics, and to determine the default window size.  On a
       terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default window size is 22
       lines.  Other sequences which may be typed when bzmore pauses, and
       their effects, are as follows (i is an optional integer argument,
       defaulting to 1) :

       i<space>
              display i more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is
              given)

       ^D     display 11 more lines (a ``scroll'').  If i is given, then the
              scroll size is set to i.

       d      same as ^D (control-D)

       iz     same as typing a space except that i, if present, becomes the
              new window size.  Note that the window size reverts back to the
              default at the end of the current file.

       is     skip i lines and print a screenful of lines

       if     skip i screenfuls and print a screenful of lines

       q or Q quit reading the current file; go on to the next (if any)

       e or q When the prompt --More--(Next file: file) is printed, this
              command causes bzmore to exit.

       s      When the prompt --More--(Next file: file) is printed, this
              command causes bzmore to skip the next file and continue.

       =      Display the current line number.

       i/expr search for the i-th occurrence of the regular expression expr.
              If the pattern is not found, bzmore goes on to the next file (if
              any).  Otherwise, a screenful is displayed, starting two lines
              before the place where the expression was found.  The user's
              erase and kill characters may be used to edit the regular
              expression.  Erasing back past the first column cancels the
              search command.

       in     search for the i-th occurrence of the last regular expression
              entered.

       !command
              invoke a shell with command.  The character `!' in "command" are
              replaced with the previous shell command.  The sequence "\!" is
              replaced by "!".

       :q or :Q
              quit reading the current file; go on to the next (if any) (same
              as q or Q).

       .      (dot) repeat the previous command.

       The commands take effect immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to type
       a carriage return.  Up to the time when the command character itself is
       given, the user may hit the line kill character to cancel the numerical
       argument being formed.  In addition, the user may hit the erase
       character to redisplay the --More-- message.

       At any time when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can hit
       the quit key (normally control-\).  Bzmore will stop sending output,
       and will display the usual --More-- prompt.  The user may then enter
       one of the above commands in the normal manner.  Unfortunately, some
       output is lost when this is done, due to the fact that any characters
       waiting in the terminal's output queue are flushed when the quit signal
       occurs.

       The terminal is set to noecho mode by this program so that the output
       can be continuous.  What you type will thus not show on your terminal,
       except for the / and !  commands.

       If the standard output is not a teletype, then bzmore acts just like
       bzcat, except that a header is printed before each file.

FILES
       /etc/termcap        Terminal data base

SEE ALSO
       more(1), less(1), bzip2(1), bzdiff(1), bzgrep(1)



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