# man > zmore(1)

> **TLDR:** View `gzip` compressed files with `more`.
>
- Open a compressed file:
  `zmore {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}`
- Display the next page of the file:
  `<Space>`
- Search for a pattern in the file (press `<n>` to go to next match):
  `</>{{regex}}`
- Exit:
  `<q>`
- Display interactive command help:
  `<h>`

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## NAME
       zmore - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text

## SYNOPSIS
       **zmore **[ name ...  ]

## DESCRIPTION
       The  _zmore_ command is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one
       screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal.  The **zmore **command  works  on  files  compressed
       with **compress**, **pack **or **gzip**, and also on uncompressed files.  If a file does not exist, **zmore**
       looks for a file of the same name with the addition of a .gz, .z or .Z suffix.

       The  **zmore  **command  normally pauses after each screenful, printing --More-- at the bottom of
       the screen.  If the user then types a carriage return, one more line is  displayed.   If  the
       user hits a space, another screenful is displayed.  Other possibilities are enumerated later.

       The  **zmore  **command looks in the file _/etc/termcap_ to determine terminal characteristics, and
       to determine the default window size.  On a terminal capable of displaying 24 lines, the  de‐
       fault  window  size is 22 lines.  To use a pager other than the default **more**, set environment
       variable PAGER to the name of the desired program, such as **less**.

       Other sequences which may be typed when **zmore **pauses, and their effects, are as follows (_i_ is
       an optional integer argument, defaulting to 1) :

       _i_<space>
              display _i_ more lines, (or another screenful if no argument is given)

       ^D     display 11 more lines (a ``scroll'').  If _i_ is given, then the scroll size is  set  to
              _i_.

       d      same as ^D (control-D)

       _i_z     same as typing a space except that _i_, if present, becomes the new window size.

       _i_s     skip _i_ lines and print a screenful of lines

       _i_f     skip _i_ screenfuls and print a screenful of lines

       q or Q Quit.

       =      Display the current line number.

       _i_/expr search  for  the _i_-th occurrence of the regular expression _expr._  The user's erase and
              kill characters may be used to edit the regular expression.   Erasing  back  past  the
              first column cancels the search command.

       _i_n     search for the _i_-th occurrence of the last regular expression entered.

       !command
              invoke a shell with _command_.  The character `!' in "command" is replaced with the pre‐
              vious shell command.  The sequence "\!" is replaced by "!".

       :q or :Q
              Quit (same as q or Q).

       .      (dot) repeat the previous command.

       The  commands  take  effect immediately, i.e., it is not necessary to type a carriage return.
       Up to the time when the command character itself is given, the user may  hit  the  line  kill
       character  to  cancel the numerical argument being formed.  In addition, the user may hit the
       erase character to redisplay the --More-- message.

       At any time when output is being sent to the terminal, the user can hit the  quit  key  (nor‐
       mally  control-\).   The  _zmore_  command will stop sending output, and will display the usual
       --More-- prompt.  The user may then enter one of the above commands  in  the  normal  manner.
       Unfortunately,  some  output  is  lost when this is done, due to the fact that any characters
       waiting in the terminal's output queue are flushed when the quit signal occurs.

       The terminal is set to _noecho_ mode by this program so that  the  output  can  be  continuous.
       What you type will thus not show on your terminal, except for the / and !  commands.

       If  the  standard  output  is  not  a teletype, then **zmore **acts just like **zcat**, except that a
       header is printed before each file if there is more than one file.

## FILES
       /etc/termcap
              Terminal data base

## SEE ALSO
       [**more**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/more/1/markdown), [**gzip**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzip/1/markdown), [**zdiff**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zdiff/1/markdown), [**zgrep**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zgrep/1/markdown), [**znew**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/znew/1/markdown), [**zforce**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zforce/1/markdown), [**gzexe**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzexe/1/markdown)

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