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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DIS 1 SHARE
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: dis \- display input as refreshed page on VDU output
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B dis
        !             6: .RB [ -t timeout]
        !             7: .RB [ -c refresh]
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Dis
        !            10: looks up the terminal capability database for the characteristics
        !            11: of the device represented by the environment variable "TERM".
        !            12: Assuming that the standard input consists of repetitive pages,
        !            13: .I Dis
        !            14: then uses cursor addressing to write changed data only on its standard output.
        !            15: Pages are delimited by a
        !            16: .I form-feed
        !            17: or by a timeout, if requested.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: The timeout is specified by the flag \fB-t\fR followed by a number
        !            20: representing seconds.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: If the
        !            23: .B -c
        !            24: flag is specified, the screen is completely redrawn every
        !            25: .I refresh
        !            26: updates.
        !            27: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            28: (while true; do date; echo '\\f\\c'; sleep 10; done)|dis
        !            29: .SH FILES
        !            30: /etc/termcap
        !            31: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            32: termlib(3), or curses(3).
        !            33: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            34: If your terminal doesn't have cursor addressing.

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