So far we have been viewing files with the “cat” command, which is a dump of the file to the default output device (your Computer Screen). There are some other commands that allow you to view human readable files that have more features
more
less
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Command filename |
more tic-tac-toe.py |
less tic-tac-toe.py |
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1 page at a time |
Yes |
Yes |
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Next Page |
Spacebar |
Page Down Key (or spacebar) |
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Previous Page |
b (earlier versions did not allow this) |
Page Up Key |
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Search while listing |
/string |
/string |
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Find Next Occurrence |
n (forward only) |
n forward & N backward |
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Start at Line 20 |
more +20 tic-tac-toe.py |
less +20 tic-tac-toe.py |
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Exit |
q |
q |
Feature
cat Alternatives