{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "bzless",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzless/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-22T10:14:26Z",
    "synopsis": "bzmore [ name ...  ]\nbzless [ name ...  ]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "bzmore, bzless - file perusal filter for crt viewing of bzip2 compressed text\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "bzmore [ name ...  ]\nbzless [ name ...  ]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "NOTE": {
            "content": "In  the  following  description,  bzless and less can be used interchangeably with bzmore and\nmore.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Bzmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files  one  screenful\nat  a  time on a soft-copy terminal.  bzmore works on files compressed with bzip2 and also on\nuncompressed files.  If a file does not exist, bzmore looks for a file of the same name  with\nthe addition of a .bz2 suffix.\n\nBzmore  normally  pauses after each screenful, printing --More-- at the bottom of the screen.\nIf the user then types a carriage return, one more line is displayed.  If  the  user  hits  a\nspace, another screenful is displayed.  Other possibilities are enumerated later.\n\nBzmore looks in the file /etc/termcap to determine terminal characteristics, and to determine\nthe  default  window  size.  On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the default window\nsize is 22 lines.  Other sequences which may be typed when bzmore pauses, and their  effects,\nare as follows (i is an optional integer argument, defaulting to 1) :\n\ni<space>\ndisplay i more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is given)\n\n^D     display  11  more lines (a ``scroll'').  If i is given, then the scroll size is set to\ni.\n\nd      same as ^D (control-D)\n\niz     same as typing a space except that i, if present, becomes the new window  size.   Note\nthat the window size reverts back to the default at the end of the current file.\n\nis     skip i lines and print a screenful of lines\n\nif     skip i screenfuls and print a screenful of lines\n\nq or Q quit reading the current file; go on to the next (if any)\n\ne or q When  the  prompt  --More--(Next file: file) is printed, this command causes bzmore to\nexit.\n\ns      When the prompt --More--(Next file: file) is printed, this command  causes  bzmore  to\nskip the next file and continue.\n\n=      Display the current line number.\n\ni/expr search  for the i-th occurrence of the regular expression expr.  If the pattern is not\nfound, bzmore goes on to the next file (if any).  Otherwise, a screenful is displayed,\nstarting two lines before the place where the expression was found.  The user's  erase\nand kill characters may be used to edit the regular expression.  Erasing back past the\nfirst column cancels the search command.\n\nin     search for the i-th occurrence of the last regular expression entered.\n\n!command\ninvoke  a  shell  with  command.  The character `!' in \"command\" are replaced with the\nprevious shell command.  The sequence \"\\!\" is replaced by \"!\".\n\n:q or :Q\nquit reading the current file; go on to the next (if any) (same as q or Q).\n\n.      (dot) repeat the previous command.\n\nThe commands take effect immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to type  a  carriage  return.\nUp  to  the  time  when the command character itself is given, the user may hit the line kill\ncharacter to cancel the numerical argument being formed.  In addition, the user may  hit  the\nerase character to redisplay the --More-- message.\n\nAt  any  time  when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can hit the quit key (nor‐\nmally control-\\).  Bzmore will stop sending output,  and  will  display  the  usual  --More--\nprompt.   The  user  may then enter one of the above commands in the normal manner.  Unfortu‐\nnately, some output is lost when this is done, due to the fact that any characters waiting in\nthe terminal's output queue are flushed when the quit signal occurs.\n\nThe terminal is set to noecho mode by this program so that  the  output  can  be  continuous.\nWhat you type will thus not show on your terminal, except for the / and !  commands.\n\nIf  the  standard  output  is not a teletype, then bzmore acts just like bzcat, except that a\nheader is printed before each file.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "/etc/termcap        Terminal data base\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "more(1), less(1), bzip2(1), bzdiff(1), bzgrep(1)\n\nBZMORE(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "bzmore, bzless - file perusal filter for crt viewing of bzip2 compressed text",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "more",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/more/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "less",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/less/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "bzip2",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzip2/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "bzdiff",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzdiff/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "bzgrep",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzgrep/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "BZMORE",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/BZMORE/1/json"
        }
    ]
}