more command does not work in bash shell

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1

is there a different command to display contents of a file on the output in bash shell? i tried more and it does not work.

2

How about 'less'?

3

Strange, other commands to display the contents of a file:

pg
less
cat
view (vi in view mode)

Regards

4

pg didnt work. all the others did.
thanks

5

I am wondering about your PATH setting. Of course, that depends on what happens when you try to use the more command - do you get a file not found, or what is the error.

Also, by typing
which more
(you can do with any command)
you will see where it is looking/finding the program

6

i get a bash:more: command not found error.

when i did which more it looked in the PATH variable. its strange that there is not $SHELL set in $PATH.

i am using cygwin not a machine with native unix. maybe its cygwin?

7

Yes,
you have to select the more port during the installation process (it's not selected by default). You can also install it afterward by running the setup.exe again.

8

hello more command will work in bash comfortably. I think u r using some other shell