PAUSE
						PAU[SE] ON | OFF | text
					

Controls scrolling of displayed data.

Keywords

OFF

Specifies that the output is not paused while displaying. This option is the default.

ON

Specifies that the output be paused at the beginning of each output page. The user must press the <ENTER> key to resume output.

text

Specifies that output be paused at the beginning of each output page. The string specified by text will be displayed, and the user must press the ENTER key to resume output. text may include terminal control sequences to control functions like color or inverse video.

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