What are two subtle differences in using the more and the pg
commands?

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What are two subtle differences in using the more and the pg commands?..

Answer / jack

both r used to view the contents of a file.but main
difference is that while viewing the file using more
command ,we use spacebar to see another screenful and in pg
command ,we use return key

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What are two subtle differences in using the more and the pg commands?..

Answer / bharath

more and pg cmds both are using for a displaying the
information by page wise.but in some linux flavours pg cmd
doesnt work
more cmd it ll display page by page information,we cant move
upwards using this cmd.
pg stands for a page.It displays a specified file one
screenful at a time

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