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 ter-
       minal.  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 possibili-
       ties 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  con-
              tinue.

       =      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 com-
       mand 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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