A terminal pager, paging program or simply pager is a

computer program A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. Computer programs are one component of software, which also includes documentation and other intangible components. A computer program ...

used to view (but not modify) the contents of a

text file A text file (sometimes spelled textfile; an old alternative name is flatfile) is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists stored as data within a computer file system. In operating ...

moving down the file one line or one screen at a time. Some, but not all, pagers allow movement up a file. A popular

cross-platform In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms. Some cross-platform software r ...

terminal pager is

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, which can move forwards and backwards in text files but cannot move backwards in

pipes Pipe(s), PIPE(S) or piping may refer to: Objects * Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules ** Piping, the use of pipes in industry * Smoking pipe ** Tobacco pipe * Half-pipe and quarter pipe, semi-circula ...

.manpage of more
/ref>

less Less or LESS may refer to: fewer than,: not as much. Computing * less (Unix), a Unix utility program * Less (stylesheet language), a dynamic stylesheet language * Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), a product development framework that extends Scrum Othe ...

is a more advanced pager that allows movement forward and backward, and contains extra functions such as search.manpage of less
/ref> Some programs incorporate their own paging function, for example

bash Bash or BASH may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Bash!'' (Rockapella album), 1992 * ''Bash!'' (Dave Bailey album), 1961 * '' Bash: Latter-Day Plays'', a dramatic triptych * ''BASH!'' (role-playing game), a 2005 superhero game * "Bash" ('' ...

tab completion Command-line completion (also tab completion) is a common feature of command-line interpreters, in which the program automatically fills in partially typed commands. Command line interpreters are programs that allow a user to interact with the u ...

function.

Examples

more 
More or Mores may refer to:

 Computing
* MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS
* more (command), a shell command
* MORE protocol, a routing protocol
* Missouri Research and Education Network
 Music Albums
*  ''More!'' (album), by Booka S ...

less 
Less or LESS may refer to: fewer than,: not as much.
 Computing
* less (Unix), a Unix utility program
*  Less (stylesheet language), a dynamic stylesheet language
*  Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), a product development framework that extends Scrum
 Othe ...

* pg *

most 
Most or Möst or ''variation'', may refer to:
 Places
* Most, Kardzhali Province, a village in Bulgaria
* Most (city), a city in the Czech Republic
** Most District, a district surrounding the city
** Most Basin, a lowland named after the city
** A ...

* nano --view *

emacs 



Emacs , originally named EMACS (an acronym for "Editor MACroS"), is a family of text editors that are characterized by their  extensibility. The manual for the most widely used variant, GNU Emacs, describes it as "the extensible, customizable, s ...
 -nw -e "(view-mode)"

w3m 






w3m is a free software/ open source text-based web browser and terminal pager. It has support for tables,  frames,  SSL connections, color, and inline images on suitable  terminals. Generally, it renders pages in a form as true to their origi ...

References

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