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Old 02-05-2007
screenful output

How can I display the contents of a file so that the output is shown a screenful at a time with a pause before showing the next screenful ?

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Old 02-05-2007
Check out the man page for "more" or "less"
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Old 02-05-2007
Got it thanks
 
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