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Re: Pause



on Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:26:13PM -0800, Paul A. Thomas (bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com) wrote:
> Searching reveals ways to pause help files if you don't wish to use a
> pipe command... is there  a keyboard stroke which corresponds to the
> 'pause' key when the initial boot takes place?  The commands ^S ^Q or
> Left Shift PgUp & PgDn would seem to be made for browsing help files or
> other text displays.

^S and ^Q were far more useful on 300 baud modems.

Use a pager -- more, less, most, etc.

Peace.

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