z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

pg
Commands
This is described in Appendix C.
Depending on the options you specify, pg pauses between windows (screenfuls) of
text, at the end of each file and before starting any file after the first. At these
pauses, pg prompts you to enter a command. To read the file, type the command
ENTER (newline or Return) at each prompt.
An optional sign (+ or –) followed by an optional numeric address can precede the
following commands. Addresses work in multiples of screen displays: for example,
an address of +2 displays the second next screenful. Usually, an unsigned address
implies direct addressing (measured from the beginning of the file). A signed
address implies relative addressing in the file; a command beginning with a + scans
forward and one beginning with a – scans backward from the current position.
You can edit commands interactively with the standard erase and kill characters.
These are the interactive commands:
h Prints a summary of the interactive commands.
q, Q Exits immediately from pg.
!command
Executes the string command as if it were typed to the default command
interpreter (as in ed). Whether or not you specified the –n option, you must
end this command with a newline.
[[±]n] ENTER, [[±]n] SPACEBAR
Without a specified address, displays the next window of text. With an
address, displays the nth next window of text.
[[±]n]d, [[±]n]CRTL–D
Scrolls a half screen of text. The address is measured in half screenfuls
and defaults to the next half screen.
[[±]n]l With no address, displays the next line of the file. With an address, it
displays a screenful starting at the addressed line.
$ Displays the last screenful of text in the file.
, .
Redisplays the current displayed window of text.
s file Saves the entire contents of the current file in file. Whether or not you
specified the –n option, you must end this command with a newline.
[n] n Displays the first screenful of the next file. The address (n) is actually the
nth next file, counting from the current file. If present, n must be unsigned.
[n] p Displays the first screenful of the previous file. The address (n) is actually
the nth previous file, counting from the current file. If present, n must be
unsigned.
[n] w Scrolls another window of text. The argument, n (which must be unsigned),
sets the window size to n and displays the next window of text.
[i]/pattern/[tmb]
Searches forward within the current file for the ith next occurrence of a line
matching the regular expression pattern (default i is 1, the next matching
pattern). The search starts right after the current window and continues to
the end of the file. Usually, the matching line is displayed at the top of the
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