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VIS
Purpose
visual display of files
Syntax
vis [-et] [file...]
Comments
Vis displays the contents of the specified files, or of standard input
if no files are specified or when the special filename "-" is
encountered. Non-printable characters are made visible by displaying
them in the following format. For characters with a value of greater
than 127 (i.e. the high bit is set; these are known as metacharacters),
the string "M-" is displayed followed by the character with a value of
128 less (i.e. with the high bit reset). For characters with values of
less than 32 (control characters), except for newline and tab (see
below), the character '^' is displayed followed by the character with a
value of 64 more (i.e. '@' or a capital letter). The DEL character
(value of 127) is displayed as "^?". For characters in the range
128-157 (control characters with the high bit set), both "M-" and "^"
will be displayed.
Options
-e show the ends of lines as '$'
-t don't treat tabs specially; show them as '^I'