pg

Display a file or pipeline one screen at a time

Usage: pg [list-of-files]

Standard Input: Used only if no list-of-files is given

Standard Output: Used to display results

SEE ALSO

For more information, see page 211

Note

The prompt at the end of each screen is a colon (:).

Useful commands after you are in pg:

h displays a help menu.

Enter goes to the next page.

- goes to the preceding page.

$ goes to the last page (can crash the system on a huge pipeline).

1 goes to the first page.

+n goes forward n pages.

-n goes backward n pages.

nl goes to line n.

/string goes to the next occurrence of that string.

/ repeats the preceding search.

/string/b put the found ...

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