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Aptiva - The MORE command
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The MORE command is entered from the DOS command prompt. When the command is entered, data is read from the standard input device, a screen full of data is sent to the monitor and then pauses with the message '--More' command. You can then press any key to send another screen of data to the standard output device. This process will continue until all the input data has been read.
This command, often called a "pipe", is used most often with other commands such as DIR. For example, suppose you wished to do a directory of your hard disk but the number of files listed was greater than would fit on one screen. You would use the MORE command to prevent the data from scrolling up the screen. After a screen of data has been displayed with the command, you can press a key on the keyboard to display the more data, one screen at a time.
Usually, the MORE command is used with either redirection (i.e., < or >) or piping (i.e., |, which is created by pressing [Shift]+[\]). For example, to pipe the output of the DIR command through the MORE filter, you would use the following command:
DIR | MORE
When the screen is full, the system will display the message --More on the bottom line. You would then press a key to see the next screen.
To show the contents of the TEST.TXT file displayed one screen at a time, you would use the following command:
MORE <TEST.TXT
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15-04-97 | |
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09-03-99 | |
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09-03-2000 | |
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IBM Aptiva | |
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Aptiva, PS/1 | |
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