1.\" $NetBSD: zmore.1,v 1.2 2003/12/28 12:43:43 wiz Exp $ 2.\" $OpenBSD: zmore.1,v 1.9 2007/05/31 19:20:09 jmc Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> 5.\" 6.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 7.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 8.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 9.\" 10.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 11.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 12.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 13.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 14.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 15.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 16.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 17.\" 18.\" Sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects 19.\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force 20.\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512. 21.\" 22.Dd July 18, 2009 23.Dt ZMORE 1 24.Os 25.Sh NAME 26.Nm zmore 27.Nd view compressed files 28.Sh SYNOPSIS 29.Nm 30.Op Ar flags 31.Op Ar file ... 32.Sh DESCRIPTION 33.Nm 34is a filter that allows the viewing of files compressed with Lempel-Ziv 35encoding. 36Such files generally have a 37.Dq Z 38or 39.Dq gz 40extension (both the 41.Xr compress 1 42and 43.Xr gzip 1 44formats are supported). 45Any 46.Ar flags 47that are specified are passed to the user's preferred 48.Ev PAGER 49(which is 50.Pa /usr/bin/more 51by default). 52.Pp 53When multiple files are specified, 54.Nm 55will pause at the end of each file and present the following prompt to the user: 56.Bd -literal -offset indent 57prev_file (END) - Next: next_file 58.Ed 59.Pp 60Where 61.Sy prev_file 62is the file that was just displayed and 63.Sy next_file 64is the next file to be displayed. 65The following keys are recognized at the prompt: 66.Bl -tag -width "e or q" -offset indent 67.It Ic e No or Ic q 68quit 69.Nm . 70.It Ic s 71skip the next file (or exit if the next file is the last). 72.El 73.Pp 74If no files are specified, 75.Nm 76will read from the standard input. 77In this mode 78.Nm 79will assume 80.Xr gzip 1 81style compression since there is no suffix on which to make a decision. 82.Sh ENVIRONMENT 83.Bl -tag -width "PAGER" 84.It Ev PAGER 85Program used to display files. 86If unset, 87.Pa /usr/bin/more 88is used. 89.El 90.Sh SEE ALSO 91.Xr gzip 1 , 92.Xr less 1 , 93.Xr more 1 94