NAME

       bmore - browse through a binary file

SYNOPSIS

       bmore [ -acdi ] [ -n lines ] [ -w cols ] [ +linenumber ] [ +/ASCII-pattern ] [ +\Hex-pattern ] [ filename
       ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       more  is  a  filter that displays the contents of a binary file on the terminal, one screenful at a time.
       It normally pauses after each screenful, and prints --More-- at the bottom of the screen.  bmore provides
       a two-line overlap between screens for continuity.  If bmore is reading from a file rather than  a  pipe,
       the percentage of characters displayed so far is also shown.

       bmore  scrolls  up to display one more screen line in response to a RETURN character; it displays another
       screenful in response to a SPACE character.  Other commands are listed below.

       The screen is divided in three sections or panes: The byte offset (extreme left), the hex pane  (middle),
       and  an  ascii  pane  (right)  which shows as printable characters those bytes in the hex pane.  On an 80
       column terminal there will be sixteen hex values and their ASCII values on each screen line.   Note  that
       (as one would expect) the first byte has the offset 0 (zero).

       bmore  sets the terminal to noecho mode, so that the output can be continuous.  Commands that you type do
       not normally show up on your terminal, except for the / , \ and !  commands.

       If the standard output is not a terminal, more acts just like cat(1V), except that a  header  is  printed
       before each file in a series.

OPTIONS

       -a     ASCII mode: no hex representation of the contents. Non printable characters are displayed as a dot
              (.)

       -c     Clear before displaying. Redrawing the screen instead of scrolling.

       -d     Display  error  messages rather than ringing the terminal bell if an unrecognized command is used.
              This is helpful for inexperienced users.

       -i     Ignore case for searching.

       -n lines
              Displays the indicated number of lines in each screenful, rather than the default (the  number  of
              lines in the terminal screen less two).

       -w cols
              Display number of cols in each line.

       +linenumber
              Start up at linenumber.

       +/ASCII-pattern
              Start  up  at  the  line  containing  the  regular expression pattern.  Note: unlike editors, this
              construct should not end with a `/'.  If it does, then the trailing slash is taken as a  character
              in the search pattern.

       USAGE

   Commands
       The  commands  take  effect  immediately;  it is not necessary to type a carriage return.  Up to the time
       when the command character itself is given, the user may type the  line  kill  character  to  cancel  the
       numerical  argument  being  formed.   In addition, the user may type the erase character to redisplay the
       `--More--(xx%)' message.

       In the following commands, i is a numerical argument (1 by default).

       iSPACE    Display another screenful, or i more lines if i is specified.

       iRETURN   Display another line, or i more lines, if specified.

       i^D       (CTRL-D) Display (scroll down) 11 more lines.  i is given, the scroll size is set to i.

       id        Same as ^D.

       iz        Same as SPACE, except that i,  if  present,  becomes  the  new  default  number  of  lines  per
                 screenful.

       is        Skip i lines and then print a screenful.

       if        Skip i screenfuls and then print a screenful.

       i^B       (CTRL-B) Skip back i screenfuls and then print a screenful.

       b         Same as ^B (CTRL-D).

       q
       Q         Exit from more.

       =         Display the current line number.

       v         Drop into the bvi(1) editor at the current offset of the current file.

       w         Drop  into the bvi(1) editor at the current offset of the current file. Only the portion of the
                 file displayed on the screen will be loaded.

       h         Help.  Give a description of all the more commands.

       i/pattern Search for the ith occurrence  of  the  regular  expression  pattern.   Display  the  screenful
                 starting  at  the  file  position that contains the ith match for the regular expression ASCII-
                 pattern, or the end of a pipe, whichever comes first.  If bmore is displaying a file and  there
                 is  no  such  match,  its  position  in the file remains unchanged.  Regular expressions can be
                 edited using erase and kill characters.  Erasing back past the first column cancels the  search
                 command.

       ´         Single  quote.   Go  to  the  point  from which the last search started.  If no search has been
                 performed in the current file, go to the beginning of the file.

       !command  Invoke a shell to execute command.  The characters %  and  !,  when  used  within  command  are
                 replaced  with  the current filename and the previous shell command, respectively.  If there is
                 no current filename, % is not expanded. Prepend a  backslash  to  these  characters  to  escape
                 expansion.

       i:n       Skip to the ith next filename given in the command line, or to the last filename in the list if
                 i is out of range.

       i:p       Skip  to  the ith previous filename given in the command line, or to the first filename if i is
                 out of range.  If given while more is positioned within a file, go  to  the  beginning  of  the
                 file.  If more is reading from a pipe, more simply rings the terminal bell.

       :f        Display the current filename and offset number.

       :q
       :Q        Exit from bmore (same as q or Q ).

       .         Dot.  Repeat the previous command.

       FILES
       /etc/termcap        terminal data base
       /usr/local/share/bmore.help
                           help file

SEE ALSO

       bvi(1), termcap(5)

                                                   3 Jan 2004                                           BMORE(1)