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.TH DIS 1 SHARE
.SH NAME
dis \- display input as refreshed page on VDU output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dis
.RB [ -t timeout]
.RB [ -c refresh]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Dis
looks up the terminal capability database for the characteristics
of the device represented by the environment variable "TERM".
Assuming that the standard input consists of repetitive pages,
.I Dis
then uses cursor addressing to write changed data only on its standard output.
Pages are delimited by a
.I form-feed
or by a timeout, if requested.
.PP
The timeout is specified by the flag \fB-t\fR followed by a number
representing seconds.
.PP
If the
.B -c
flag is specified, the screen is completely redrawn every
.I refresh
updates.
.SH EXAMPLES
(while true; do date; echo '\\f\\c'; sleep 10; done)|dis
.SH FILES
/etc/termcap
.SH SEE ALSO
termlib(3), or curses(3).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
If your terminal doesn't have cursor addressing.

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