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authorLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2009-04-13 14:49:48 +0300
committerLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2009-04-13 14:49:48 +0300
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parentPut the interesting parts of XZ Utils into the public domain. (diff)
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+.\" Original file was take from gzip, thus this man page is under GNU GPLv2+.
+.TH XZMORE 1 "2009-04-13" "XZ Utils"
+.SH NAME
+xzmore, xzless, lzmore, lzless \- view .xz or .lzma compressed (text) files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B xzmore
+.RI [ "filename ..." ]
+.br
+.B xzless
+.RI [ "filename ..." ]
+.br
+.B lzmore
+.RI [ "filename ..." ]
+.br
+.B lzless
+.RI [ "filename ..." ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B xzmore
+is a filter which allows examination of .xz or .lzma compressed text files
+one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal.
+.PP
+To use a pager other than the default
+.B more,
+set environment variable
+.B PAGER
+to the name of the desired program, such as
+.BR less .
+If
+.B xzmore
+is called as
+.B xzless
+then
+.B less
+is used as the
+.BR PAGER .
+The names
+.B lzmore
+and
+.B lzless
+are provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils.
+.TP
+.BR e " or " q
+When the prompt --More--(Next file:
+.IR file )
+is printed, this command causes xzmore to exit.
+.TP
+.B s
+When the prompt --More--(Next file:
+.IR file )
+is printed, this command causes zmore to skip the next file and continue.
+.PP
+For list of keyboard commands supported while actually viewing the
+content of a file, refer to manual of the pager you use, usually
+.BR more (1)
+or
+.BR less (1).
+.SH AUTHORS
+This manual page was ripped from
+.BR zmore (1)
+shipped in gzip package.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR more (1),
+.BR zmore (1),
+.BR xzdiff (1),
+.BR xzgrep (1),
+.BR xz (1)