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I have a Windows 10 machine where running the more command returns "Too many arguments in command line." if I pass any filename, whether the file exists or not.



So far I've only seen this on one Windows 10 Home 64-bit x64 system.



Running where more returns C:WindowsSystem32more.com as I would expect.



Is this behavior of more expected? I've never encountered this on previous versions of Windows.






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    Certainly not expected. more cowbell correctly displays the file cowbell on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system.

    – dave
    Oct 26 '18 at 22:09











  • please include a paste from the command line showing this

    – barlop
    Oct 27 '18 at 3:36











  • According to ms docs (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/…) you need to add > after more if you use it without flags, have you tried so?

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I have a Windows 10 machine where running the more command returns "Too many arguments in command line." if I pass any filename, whether the file exists or not.



So far I've only seen this on one Windows 10 Home 64-bit x64 system.



Running where more returns C:WindowsSystem32more.com as I would expect.



Is this behavior of more expected? I've never encountered this on previous versions of Windows.






windows







share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Certainly not expected. more cowbell correctly displays the file cowbell on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system.

    – dave
    Oct 26 '18 at 22:09











  • please include a paste from the command line showing this

    – barlop
    Oct 27 '18 at 3:36











  • According to ms docs (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/…) you need to add > after more if you use it without flags, have you tried so?

    – Máté Juhász
    Oct 27 '18 at 4:37














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I have a Windows 10 machine where running the more command returns "Too many arguments in command line." if I pass any filename, whether the file exists or not.



So far I've only seen this on one Windows 10 Home 64-bit x64 system.



Running where more returns C:WindowsSystem32more.com as I would expect.



Is this behavior of more expected? I've never encountered this on previous versions of Windows.






windows







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I have a Windows 10 machine where running the more command returns "Too many arguments in command line." if I pass any filename, whether the file exists or not.



So far I've only seen this on one Windows 10 Home 64-bit x64 system.



Running where more returns C:WindowsSystem32more.com as I would expect.



Is this behavior of more expected? I've never encountered this on previous versions of Windows.






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  • 1





    Certainly not expected. more cowbell correctly displays the file cowbell on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system.

    – dave
    Oct 26 '18 at 22:09











  • please include a paste from the command line showing this

    – barlop
    Oct 27 '18 at 3:36











  • According to ms docs (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/…) you need to add > after more if you use it without flags, have you tried so?

    – Máté Juhász
    Oct 27 '18 at 4:37














  • 1





    Certainly not expected. more cowbell correctly displays the file cowbell on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system.

    – dave
    Oct 26 '18 at 22:09











  • please include a paste from the command line showing this

    – barlop
    Oct 27 '18 at 3:36











  • According to ms docs (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/…) you need to add > after more if you use it without flags, have you tried so?

    – Máté Juhász
    Oct 27 '18 at 4:37








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Certainly not expected. more cowbell correctly displays the file cowbell on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system.

– dave
Oct 26 '18 at 22:09





Certainly not expected. more cowbell correctly displays the file cowbell on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system.

– dave
Oct 26 '18 at 22:09













please include a paste from the command line showing this

– barlop
Oct 27 '18 at 3:36





please include a paste from the command line showing this

– barlop
Oct 27 '18 at 3:36













According to ms docs (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/…) you need to add > after more if you use it without flags, have you tried so?

– Máté Juhász
Oct 27 '18 at 4:37





According to ms docs (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/…) you need to add > after more if you use it without flags, have you tried so?

– Máté Juhász
Oct 27 '18 at 4:37










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I just reproduced your problem on my own system. I definitely see what you're talking about... but I never noticed it before, because I always use more following a pipe (|), like this:



type filename.txt | more


That command works just fine on my system.






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    I can reproduce this, too, on Windows 10 Enterprise (version 1803, build 17134.407). I can confirm Joel Coehoorn's and MrEricSir's solutions work. FWIW, I liked the /E option because it made more behave more like the UNIX flavor.



    My solution was to use input redirection:



    more < cowbell.txt





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      I can't find this documented anywhere but I found a workaround. In this particular case more works as expected if extended features are enabled with the /E flag.



      For example, the following will display example.txt:



      more /E example.txt





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        I just reproduced your problem on my own system. I definitely see what you're talking about... but I never noticed it before, because I always use more following a pipe (|), like this:



        type filename.txt | more


        That command works just fine on my system.






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          I just reproduced your problem on my own system. I definitely see what you're talking about... but I never noticed it before, because I always use more following a pipe (|), like this:



          type filename.txt | more


          That command works just fine on my system.






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            I just reproduced your problem on my own system. I definitely see what you're talking about... but I never noticed it before, because I always use more following a pipe (|), like this:



            type filename.txt | more


            That command works just fine on my system.






            share|improve this answer















            I just reproduced your problem on my own system. I definitely see what you're talking about... but I never noticed it before, because I always use more following a pipe (|), like this:



            type filename.txt | more


            That command works just fine on my system.







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                I can reproduce this, too, on Windows 10 Enterprise (version 1803, build 17134.407). I can confirm Joel Coehoorn's and MrEricSir's solutions work. FWIW, I liked the /E option because it made more behave more like the UNIX flavor.



                My solution was to use input redirection:



                more < cowbell.txt





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                  I can reproduce this, too, on Windows 10 Enterprise (version 1803, build 17134.407). I can confirm Joel Coehoorn's and MrEricSir's solutions work. FWIW, I liked the /E option because it made more behave more like the UNIX flavor.



                  My solution was to use input redirection:



                  more < cowbell.txt





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                    I can reproduce this, too, on Windows 10 Enterprise (version 1803, build 17134.407). I can confirm Joel Coehoorn's and MrEricSir's solutions work. FWIW, I liked the /E option because it made more behave more like the UNIX flavor.



                    My solution was to use input redirection:



                    more < cowbell.txt





                    share|improve this answer













                    I can reproduce this, too, on Windows 10 Enterprise (version 1803, build 17134.407). I can confirm Joel Coehoorn's and MrEricSir's solutions work. FWIW, I liked the /E option because it made more behave more like the UNIX flavor.



                    My solution was to use input redirection:



                    more < cowbell.txt






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                        I can't find this documented anywhere but I found a workaround. In this particular case more works as expected if extended features are enabled with the /E flag.



                        For example, the following will display example.txt:



                        more /E example.txt





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                          I can't find this documented anywhere but I found a workaround. In this particular case more works as expected if extended features are enabled with the /E flag.



                          For example, the following will display example.txt:



                          more /E example.txt





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                            I can't find this documented anywhere but I found a workaround. In this particular case more works as expected if extended features are enabled with the /E flag.



                            For example, the following will display example.txt:



                            more /E example.txt





                            share|improve this answer















                            I can't find this documented anywhere but I found a workaround. In this particular case more works as expected if extended features are enabled with the /E flag.



                            For example, the following will display example.txt:



                            more /E example.txt






                            share|improve this answer














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