NAME

SYNOPSIS

pg [-number] [-p string] [-cefnrs] [+line] [+/pattern/] [file . . .]

DESCRIPTION

If no filename is given on the command line, pg reads from standard input. If the standard output is not a terminal, pg acts like cat(1) but precedes each file with its name if there is more than one.

If input comes from a pipe, pg stores the data in a buffer file while reading to make navigation possible.

Pg accepts the following options:

-number

The number of lines per page. Usually, this is the number of CRT lines minus one.

-c

Clear the screen before a page is displayed if the terminfo entry for the terminal provides this capability.

-e

pg will not pause and display (EOF) at the end of a file.

-f

pg does not split long lines.

-n

Without this option, commands must be terminated by a newline character. With this option, pg advances once a command letter is entered.

-p string

Instead of the prompt : , string is displayed. If string contains %d , its first occurrence is replaced by the number of the current page.

-r

Disallow the shell escape.

-s

Print messages in standout mode if the terminfo entry for the terminal provides this capability.

+number

Start at the given line.

+/pattern/

Start at the line containing the regular expression pattern given.

The following commands may be entered at the prompt. Commands preceded by i in this document accept a number as argument, positive or negative. If this argument starts with + or -, it is interpreted relative to the current position in the input file, otherwise relative to the beginning.

i<newline>

Display the next or the indicated page.

id or ^D

Display the next halfpage. If i is given, it is always interpreted relative to the current position.

il

Display the next or the indicated line.

if

Skip a page forward. i must be a positive number and is always interpreted relative to the current position.

iw or iz

Behave as <newline> except that i becomes the new page size.

. or ^L

Redraw the screen.

$

Advance to the last line of the input file.

i/pattern/

Search forward until the first or the i-th occurrence of the regular expression pattern is found. The search starts after the current page and stops at the end of the file. No wrap-around is performed. i must be a positive number.

i?pattern? or i^pattern^

Search backward until the first or the i-th occurrence of the regular expression pattern is found. The search starts before the current page and stops at the beginning of the file. No wrap-around is performed. i must be a positive number.

The search commands accept an added letter. If t is given, the line containing the pattern is displayed at the top of the screen, which is the default. m selects the middle and b the bottom of the screen. The selected position is used in following searches, too.

in

Advance to the next file or i files forward.

ip

Reread the previous file or i files backward.

s filename

Save the current file to the given filename.

h

Display a command summary.

!command

Execute command using the shell.

q or Q

Quit.

If the user presses the interrupt or quit key while pg reads from the input file or writes on the terminal, pg will immediately display the prompt. In all other situations these keys will terminate pg.

Pg uses limited regular expressions as described in ed(1). /usr/local/heirloom/usr/5bin/pg uses simple regular expressions, /usr/local/heirloom/usr/5bin/s42/pg, /usr/local/heirloom/usr/5bin/posix/pg, and /usr/local/heirloom/usr/5bin/posix2001/pg use basic regular expressions.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

COLUMNS

Overrides the system-supplied number of columns if set.

LANG, LC_ALL

See locale(7).

LC_COLLATE

Affects the collation order for range expressions, equivalence classes, and collation symbols in basic regular expressions.

LC_CTYPE

Determines the mapping of bytes to characters, whether a character is printable, and the availability and composition of character classes in basic regular expressions.

LINES

Overrides the system-supplied number of lines if set.

SHELL

Used by the ! command.

TERM

Determines the terminal type.

SEE ALSO

NOTES

Pg contains limited support for terminal escape sequences in its input, e.g. it is possible to view text in color and boldface as with ``lc | pg''. Sequences that affect more than one output line are not supported, though.