What command a user use to view a long text file
one page at a time in UNIX?

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / sridhar

more filename
or
less filename
or
cat filename |more

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / jaga

cat file.txt | more

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / pitambar mishra

more filename

less filename

But less command is better b'cuz less provides both forward and backward pattern searching and also highlights the pattern
where as more command only provides forward pattern searching.

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / shami.r

cat filename | pg

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / sricharan

more filename or less filename is better to use

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / brijmohan

cat filename | more

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / yuvaevergreen

pg filename one page at a time.

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What command a user use to view a long text file one page at a time in UNIX?..

Answer / rajesh m

ls -l filename | more
or pg -l | more

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