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                      3: fnkey                        Command                        fnkey
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                      8: Set/print function keys
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                     10: ffnnkkeeyy [ _n [ _s_t_r_i_n_g ] ]
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                     12: The console  keyboard of  an IBM  AT COHERENT system  includes 10
                     13: special  function  keys,  labelled  F1 through  F10.   Initially,
                     14: typing these keys has no effect.
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                     16: fnkey with  a numeric argument  n in the  range 1 to  10 programs
                     17: function key Fn to send the given string.  If no string is given,
                     18: fnkey resets  Fn to send  nothing.  If n  is 0, fnkey  resets all
                     19: function keys to send nothing.
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                     21: With no argument, fnkey  prints the current string for each func-
                     22: tion key.
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                     24: ***** Example *****
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                     26: The  following example  programs function key  FF22 to  execute the
                     27: COHERENT command date:
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                     30:         fnkey 2 'date
                     31:         '
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                     34: Note that this command sets F2 to the string ddaattee\nn.  If you type
                     35: fnkey  without any  arguments, it  prints  the following  on your
                     36: screen:
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                     39:         F2:  date\n
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                     42: ***** Files *****
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                     44: /dev/console
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                     46: ***** See Also *****
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                     48: commands
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                     50: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     52: fnkey prints ``cannot  open /dev/console'' if the user lacks per-
                     53: mission to open /dev/console.
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