Linux command shell bash for pg

backroger · 07-26-2008, 03:06 AM

Hi folks...

Can you help or direct me to the equivalent command from SCO Unix to Linux/bash about "pg"

Taken from SCO Unix System V 3.2v4.2
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Code:

$ man pg

 pg(C)                         4 December 1992                    pg(C)

 Name

    pg - paginate display for soft-copy terminals

 Syntax

    pg [ -number ] [ -p string ] [ -cefns ] [ +linenumber ] [ +/pattern/ ] [ files ... ]

 Description:

    The pg command is a filter which allows the examination of files
 one screenful at a time on a terminal.  (The dash (-) command line
 option and/or NULL arguments indicate that pg should read from the
 standard input.)  Each screenful is followed by a prompt.  If you
 press the <Return> key, another page is displayed; other possibilities
 are listed below.  This command is different from previous paginators
 because it allows you to back up and review something that has already
 passed.

Thanks in advance.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 07-26-2008, 03:11 AM

Is this the command that you are looking for?
This is the man page for pr command.
You can get help for this command with man pr.
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?pr

jlinkels · 07-26-2008, 09:00 AM

What about 'pg' itself?

It is installed standard on my Debian system.

Unless you have special reasons to use 'pg'? It look rather archaic and from a time that a 'soft terminal' was something special as opposed to a teletype.

A better pager might be 'less' which is pretty much standard in all unices.

jlinkels

backroger · 07-26-2008, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlinkels

What about 'pg' itself?

It is installed standard on my Debian system.

Unless you have special reasons to use 'pg'? It look rather archaic and from a time that a 'soft terminal' was something special as opposed to a teletype.

A better pager might be 'less' which is pretty much standard in all unices.

jlinkels

Sorry by not saying the Linux System. It's RHEL v4.6 x86-64. I tried to

#man pg

but nothing comes out. I will try the "pr" tommorrow.

Thanks guys.

chrism01 · 07-27-2008, 09:03 PM

Also look at these 2 cmds:
more
less