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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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