Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

zmore

Synopsis

zmore [files]

Similar to more. Uncompresses files and prints them, one screen 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, Ctrl-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 isn’t specified, execute last shell command. To invoke a shell without passing it a command, enter \!.

.

Repeat the previous command.