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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers To find and display the middle line in a file using single line command. Post 302907264 by Lakme Pemmaiah on Friday 27th of June 2014 02:34:10 AM
Old 06-27-2014
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TESEQ(1)							   User Commands							  TESEQ(1)

NAME
teseq - Format text with terminal escapes and control sequences for human consumption. SYNOPSIS
teseq [-CLDEx] [in] [out] teseq -h | --help teseq -V | --version DESCRIPTION
Format text with terminal escapes and control sequences for human consumption. -h, --help Display usage information (this message). -V, --version Display version and warrantee. -C Don't print ^X for C0 controls. -D Don't print descriptions. -E Don't print escape sequences. -L Don't print labels. -I, --no-interactive Don't put the terminal into non-canonical or no-echo mode, and don't try to ensure output lines are finished when a signal is received. -b, --buffered Force teseq to buffer I/O. -t, --timings=TIMINGS Read timing info from TIMINGS and emit delay lines. -x Identify control sequences from VT100/Xterm The GNU Teseq home page is at http://www.gnu.org/software/teseq/. REPORTING BUGS
Report all bugs to bug-teseq@gnu.org COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008 Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for teseq is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and teseq programs are properly installed at your site, the command info teseq should give you access to the complete manual. teseq 1.0.0 April 2012 TESEQ(1)
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