Annotation of researchv10dc/man/adm/man1/p.1, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH P 1
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_term
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: p, pg, more \(mi paginate
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B p
        !             7: [
        !             8: .BI - number
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I file ...
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I P
        !            15: copies its standard input, or the named files if given,
        !            16: to its standard output,
        !            17: stopping at the end of every 22nd line, and between files,
        !            18: to wait for a newline from the user.
        !            19: The page size may be set by
        !            20: saying (for example)
        !            21: .IP
        !            22: .L p -60
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: While waiting for a newline,
        !            25: .I p
        !            26: interprets some commands:
        !            27: .TP
        !            28: .B -
        !            29: Reprint last page. 
        !            30: .L --
        !            31: reprints the second last page, etc.
        !            32: .TP
        !            33: .B !
        !            34: Pass the rest of the line to the shell as a command.
        !            35: .TP
        !            36: .B q
        !            37: Quit.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: .I Pg
        !            40: and
        !            41: .I more
        !            42: are synonyms for
        !            43: .I p.
        !            44: .SH BUGS
        !            45: Because of limited storage,
        !            46: .I p
        !            47: can't back up too far.
        !            48: .br
        !            49: .I Pg
        !            50: and 
        !            51: .I more
        !            52: exist only to placate old programs that call paginators.

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