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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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