NAME

       zmore - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text

SYNOPSIS

       zmore [ name ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       The zmore command is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screenful at
       a time on a soft-copy terminal.  The zmore command works on files compressed with compress, pack or gzip,
       and  also  on uncompressed files.  If a file does not exist, zmore looks for a file of the same name with
       the addition of a .gz, .z or .Z suffix.

       The 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.

       The zmore command 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.  To use a pager other than the default more, set environment variable PAGER to  the  name  of  the
       desired program, such as less.

       Other sequences which may be typed when zmore 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.

       is     skip i lines and print a screenful of lines

       if     skip i screenfuls and print a screenful of lines

       q or Q Quit.

       =      Display the current line number.

       i/expr search  for  the  i-th  occurrence  of  the  regular  expression  expr.  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" is replaced with the  previous  shell
              command.  The sequence "\!" is replaced by "!".

       :q or :Q
              Quit (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-\).  The 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.  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 zmore acts just like zcat, except that a header is printed
       before each file if there is more than one file.

FILES

       /etc/termcap
              Terminal data base

SEE ALSO

       more(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1)

                                                                                                        ZMORE(1)