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-p command

     +command  For each file examined, initially execute the more
               command  in  the command argument.  If the command
               is a positioning command, such as a line number or
               a regular expression search, set the current posi-
               tion to represent the final results  of  the  com-
               mand,  without  writing  any intermediate lines of
               the file.  For example, the two commands:

     more -p 1000j file
     more -p 1000G file

     are equivalent and start the display with the current  posi-
     tion  at  line  1000, bypassing the lines that j would write
     and scroll off the screen if it had been issued  during  the
     file  examination.  If the positioning command is unsuccess-
     ful, the first line in the file will be  the  current  posi-
     tion.