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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-08-31 16:11:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-08-31 16:11:59 -0700 |
| commit | fb36f55604205660a3517302999c7336d8f7da5e (patch) | |
| tree | 23664a72643447c6c6bb19e1aa560bc5075c8d5b /zmore.1 | |
| parent | 154776551a1ec1eeccdc9a4b1a2231f1bb31b965 (diff) | |
| download | gzip-fb36f55604205660a3517302999c7336d8f7da5e.tar.gz | |
doc: prefer bold to italics for command names
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@@ -5,28 +5,36 @@ zmore \- file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text .B zmore [ name ... ] .SH DESCRIPTION -.I Zmore +The +.I zmore +command is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. -.I zmore +The +.B zmore +command works on files compressed with -.IR compress , -.I pack +.BR compress , +.B pack or -.IR gzip , +.BR gzip , and also on uncompressed files. If a file does not exist, -.I zmore +.B zmore looks for a file of the same name with the addition of a .gz, .z or .Z suffix. .PP -.I Zmore +The +.B zmore +command 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. .PP -.I Zmore +The +.B zmore +command looks in the file .I /etc/termcap to determine terminal characteristics, @@ -34,12 +42,12 @@ and to determine the default window size. On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default window size is 22 lines. To use a pager other than the default -.IR more , +.BR more , set environment variable PAGER to the name of the desired program, such as -.IR less . +.BR less . .PP Other sequences which may be typed when -.I zmore +.B zmore pauses, and their effects, are as follows (\fIi\fP is an optional integer argument, defaulting to 1) : .PP @@ -104,7 +112,9 @@ In addition, the user may hit the erase character to redisplay the .PP At any time when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can hit the quit key (normally control\-\\). -.I Zmore +The +.I zmore +command 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. @@ -119,9 +129,9 @@ What you type will thus not show on your terminal, except for the / and ! commands. .PP If the standard output is not a teletype, then -.I zmore +.B zmore acts just like -.IR zcat , +.BR zcat , except that a header is printed before each file if there is more than one file. .SH FILES |