MORESTD — Display the contents of one or more files

Synopsis

MORESTD [/?] [/A[+|-]drash] [/S[+|-]drash] [/OLDSRCDIR[+|-]] [/E/C[+|-]] [Filespecs…]

Options

/?

Display command syntax information.

/A

Select files by attribute.

/S

Recurse into subdirectories.

/E

Do not display non-fatal error messages.

/C

Compress multiple consecutive empty lines into a single line.

/F

Do not treat formfeed characters specially

/OLDSRCDIR

Duplicate quirks of the 16-bit CMD supplied with IBM OS/2 with respect to source names.

Description

The MORESTD command displays, to its standard output, the contents of all of the files that match the search wildcard specifications passed as its arguments. If no arguments are specified, MORESTD will display the contents of its standard input to its standard output, acting as a filter command.

The MORESTD command first processes the contents of the CMD_MORE_INIT environment variable, if it has inherited one, as if it were a command tail, before processing any of the command tails that have been passed to it. This allows one to modify default options globally. (One can use command aliases or wrapper scripts to achieve the same effect.)

MORESTD displays its output one "screen full" at a time. At the end of each screen, which is either when the cursor reaches the end of the penultimate line or when a formfeed character is encountered (unless the /F option has been used), it pauses and prompts for a keypress.

Related commands

COPYPLUS COPYSTD MOVE RENAME DEL DESCRIBE TRUENAME TYPE