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pg -- display plain text or AWP file a page (screen) at a time
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syntax: pg <pathname> [-h] [-f] [-u] [-l] [-t tab_string]
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ex: pg this
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pg ?:txt -h
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como newfile;pg oldfile -l
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pg that -t" "
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Types contents of a file (any type, not just TXT). Wildcards are
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allowed. -h generates a header giving the date/time the file was last
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modified. -f disables filtering of control characters; normally they
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are filtered out.
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-u and -l force all alphabetic characters to display in uppercase or
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lowercase, respectively.
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-p begins a new page after the file is printed.
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-t lets you specify a string to be printed in place of each TAB
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character (Ctrl-I). You may want to make an alias for 'pg' with
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a tab string.
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At the bottom of each screen, you are prompted
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--- xx% --- more? (Y/N)
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where xx is the percent of the file (calculated by counting
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characters, not lines) you have read so far.
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When output is redirected to a file or to the printer, no prompting
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takes place.
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Note: many file types do not contain plain text. This command
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knows how to interpret AWP files, but simply displays all other
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files byte-for-byte. If you type a SYS file, for example, you
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will get a lot of garbage and (probably) a few readable
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messages.
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(see also: type, como, strings, alias)
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