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How do I stop 'more' from stopping and displaying "(END)" at the end of files in Debian 12 (bookworm)?

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Since upgrading to Debian 12 (bookworm), the more command seems to have been changed and now comes to a stop when you reach the end of the file you are viewing and then displays "**(END)**", rather than just returning you to the command line (or prompting you to move on to the next file, if you are trying to view multiple files), as it did before. It seems that I now need to press q to actually quit more to return to the command line - but this would then prevent me from viewing the next file(s) I had named (in the case of multiple files), and so in that case I would then need to explicitly use the "Go to next file" keyboard not-so-shortcut. As someone with many years of muscle memory of `` being the universal Do The Right Thing shortcut, this change is really very annoying! Is there a way to make more revert to the previous more sensible behaviour, or is it maybe now sadly time for me to look into using a different file pager program instead?
Asked by dave559 (451 rep)
Nov 21, 2024, 10:58 AM
Last activity: Nov 22, 2024, 09:46 AM