Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition
by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
Name
zmore
Synopsis
zmore [files]
Description
Similar to more. Uncompress files and print them, one screenful at a time. Works on files compressed with compress, gzip, or pack and with uncompressed files.
Commands
- space
Print next screenful.
- i[number]
Print next screenful, or number lines. Set i to number lines.
- d, ^D
Print next i, or 11, lines.
- i z
Print next i lines or a screenful.
- i s
Skip i lines. Print next screenful.
- i f
Skip i screens. Print next screenful.
- q, Q, :q, :Q
Go to next file, or, if current file is the last, exit zmore.
- e, q
Exit zmore when the prompt “--More--(Next file: file)” is displayed.
- s
Skip next file and continue.
- =
Print line number.
- i/ expr
Search forward for ith occurrence (in all files) of expr, which should be a regular expression. Display occurrence, including the two previous lines of context.
- i n
Search forward for the ith occurrence of the last regular expression searched for.
- ! command
Execute command in shell. If command is not specified, execute last shell command. To invoke a shell without passing it a command, enter \!.
- .
Repeat the previous command.
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