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Displays output one screenful at a time.
The more command reads standard input from a pipe or redirected file and
displays one screen of information at a time. This command is commonly
used to view long files.
Syntax: MORE < [drive:][path]filename
command | MORE
[drive:][path]filename
Displays the file to the screen and when the screen gets full,
waits for the user to press a key to display the next screenful
of output.
command | MORE
The command displays a screenful of information then calls more to
wait for the user to press a key.
Sources of data
When using the redirection character (<), you must specify a source
filename. When using the pipe (|), you can use such commands as dir,
sort, and type. Before using a pipe for redirection, you should set
the TEMP environment variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT
Examples
C:>more < readme.txt
Readme.TXT
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--More--_
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C:>dir | more
Directory of C:\DOS
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--More--_