MAN PAGES: MORE COMMAND
more
viewing
more paging
one screenful at a time.
This is especially primitive.
Users should realize
that less provides more
emulation plus extensive enhancements.
quit, instead.
pause after feed.
clear the whole screen.
Do not scroll.
Instead, paint.
multiple blank lines into one.
override values
obtained from any other source.
help.
INTERRUPT
Exit.
Skip forward.
Skip backwards.
Go to the place where started.
Go
Go
Repeat:
MORE options use time.
* Found poem (erasure) from Linux Man Pages.
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Katerina – These poems are such a different direction for you! “Found” poems are not always easy to do, so kudos for making interesting art from a manual. The last part of the poem sounds like a lot of my days – forward, backward, go to start. Hope you had a great birthday!
I love these
Thank you! I cannot edit the post, but want to add a link to the original text:
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/more.1.html
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Eric Shienbrood, UC Berkeley
Modified by Geoff Peck, UCB to add underlining, single spacing
Modified by John Foderaro, UCB to add -c and MORE environment
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