NAME
tp - a pure perl pager
SYNOPSIS
tp -[JSenrs] [-cols] [-f STR] [-j|+ #] [-p|+/ STR] [FILE]...
OPTIONS
- -e
-
Exit at end of file.
- -f STR
-
If defined, the pager will pause when the character sequence specified by STR is encountered in the input text.
The default value when enabled is formfeed i.e; ^L; in order to mimic traditional behavior of "1" in more, but due to the pecularities of Getopt::Long> you need to use the -- argument separator in order to to trigger this e.g;
tp -f -- foo #pauses on lines in foo with "^L" in them
You might also supply a regular expression as STR e.g;
tp -f '[ie]t' bar #pauses on lines in bar with "it" or "et" in them
- -J
-
Add a column with markers indicating which lines match a search expression.
- -n
-
Display line numbering. Toggleable at run time with #.
- -r
-
Send raw control characters from input unadulterated to the terminal. By default, chracters other than tab and newline will be converted to caret notation e.g; ^@ for null or ^L for form feed.
- -s
-
Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
- -S
-
Do not fold long lines.
- -[ or --scrollbar
-
Display an interactive scrollbar in the right-most column.
- -$ or --tail
-
Keep checking the displayed file for new content. Only available when paging a single file.
- --cols
-
Set the number of columns for the pager.
If absent, the terminal is queried directly with Term::ReadKey if loaded or
stty
ortput
, and if these fail it defaults to 80.
User Interface
C-
is Control, M-
is Meta/Alt, S-
is Shift, and \d+
is a sequence of digits
General
- help -
h
orH
- close -
q
orQ
or:q
or:Q
- refresh -
r
orC-l
orC-R
- flush buffer -
R
- save buffer -
:w
- open file -
:e
Navigation
- down one line -
ENTER
ore
orj
orJ
orC-e
orC-n
ordown arrow
- down half page -
d
orC-d
- down one page -
SPACE
f
orz
orC-f
orC-v
orM-space
orPgDn
- up one page -
b
orw
orC-b
orM-v
orPgUp
- up half page -
u
orC-u
- up one line -
k
ory
orK
orY
orC-K
orC-P
orC-Y
orup arrow
- to bottom -
G
or$
or>
orM->
orEnd
- to top -
g
or<
orM-<
- left one tab -
left arrow
- left half screen -
S-left arrow
- right one tab -
right arrow
- right half screen -
S-right arrow
- jump to line number -
\d+
- next file -
:n
orS-M-right arrow
- previous file -
:p
orS-M-left arrow
Bookmarks
- Save mark -
m
orIns
- Goto mark -
'
- Special mark: Beginning of file -
^
- Special mark: End of file -
$
- Special mark: Previous location -
'
- Special mark: List user-created marks -
"
- Special mark:
\d
- Top of file \d when viewing multiple files
Search
- forward - /
- backward - ?
- next match - n or P
- previous match - p or N
- grep (show only matching lines) - &
Options
ENVIRONMENT
tp checks the LESS, MORE, TPOPT, TERM and TERMCAP variables.
The TPOPT variable is used to set options explicitly for tp, by concatenating undecorated options together e.g; Sr for squished raw output.
LESS and MORE are checked for options that tp supports, and if detected they are enabled.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Jerrad Pierce jpierce@cpan.org
LICENSE
Thou shalt not claim ownership of unmodified materials.
Thou shalt not claim whole ownership of modified materials.
Thou shalt grant the indemnity of the provider of materials.
Thou shalt use and dispense freely without other restrictions.
Or, if you prefer:
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.