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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/less/less.1 | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/less/more.1 | 20 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/less/less.1 b/usr.bin/less/less.1 index 8e6971c2433..20acf5fe2d9 100644 --- a/usr.bin/less/less.1 +++ b/usr.bin/less/less.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: less.1,v 1.55 2019/07/20 13:21:09 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: less.1,v 1.56 2019/08/20 11:34:18 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1984-2012 Mark Nudelman .\" @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN .\" IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 20 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 20 2019 $ .Dt LESS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -48,30 +48,22 @@ .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is a program similar to the traditional -.Xr more 1 , -but with many more features. -It displays text one screenful at a time. -After showing each screenful, it prompts the user for a command. +displays text one screenful at a time. +After showing each screenful, it prompts the user for a command, +as described in +.Sx COMMANDS . When showing the last line of a file, .Nm displays a prompt indicating end of file and the name of the next file to examine, if any. It then waits for input from the user. .Pp -Commands are based on both traditional -.Xr more 1 -and -.Xr vi 1 . -Commands may be preceded by a decimal number, -called -.Ar N -in the descriptions below. -The number is used by some commands, as indicated. -.Pp -This version of .Nm -also acts as +is similar to the traditional +.Xr more 1 , +but with many more features. +.Nm +will behave like .Xr more 1 if it is called as .Nm more , @@ -757,6 +749,14 @@ command described previously may also be used to set (or change) an initial command for every file. .El .Sh COMMANDS +Commands are based on both traditional +.Xr more 1 +and +.Xr vi 1 . +Commands may be preceded by a decimal number, +called +.Ar N +in the descriptions below. In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X. ESC stands for the ESCAPE key; for example ESC-v means the two character sequence "ESCAPE", then "v". @@ -1916,5 +1916,9 @@ is used. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr lesskey 1 , .Xr more 1 +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +was first published in 1985 and has been available since +.Ox 2.0 . .Sh AUTHORS -.An Mark Nudelman . +.An Mark Nudelman diff --git a/usr.bin/less/more.1 b/usr.bin/less/more.1 index 66b4ee23971..e6a67960080 100644 --- a/usr.bin/less/more.1 +++ b/usr.bin/less/more.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: more.1,v 1.17 2014/04/25 22:28:42 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: more.1,v 1.18 2019/08/20 11:34:18 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)more.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 25 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 20 2019 $ .Dt MORE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -65,17 +65,6 @@ It then waits for input from the user. Scrolling forward switches to the next file, or exits if there is none. .Pp -This version of -.Nm -is actually -.Xr less 1 -in disguise. -As such, it will also accept options documented in -.Xr less 1 . -This manual page describes only features -relevant to a POSIX compliant -.Nm . -.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl c @@ -318,5 +307,8 @@ A .Nm command appeared in .Bx 3.0 . +The present implementation is actually +.Xr less 1 +in disguise. .Sh AUTHORS -.An Mark Nudelman Aq Mt markn@greenwoodsoftware.com +.An Mark Nudelman |