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SHOW.COM
SHOW is a file browser, one among many nowadays. This is
another oldie that still does certain things better than many of
the more recent such utilities.
o To the extent possible, what you see is what you have in
the target file.
o Control characters are shown as single contrasting colored
characters.
o You can pipe the output of another program into SHOW,
using it like a sophisticated MORE filter.
o SHOW does NOT scroll sideways--it is an "all vertical"
browser that wraps long lines, with a blinking indicator to
show wrapped continuations. To my way of thinking this is
a big advantage when browsing binary files: you can be sure
you are seeing ALL of some file. With a "sideways
scrolling" browser, you can never be sure--maybe you are
looking at a very long line of blanks that is followed by
some code. How CAN you be sure? With SHOW you will always
see EVERYTHING, without dubious sideways scrolling.
o SHOW does find and repeat find operations.
o There is a graphic at the bottom of the screen to indicate
approximately where you are in the file.
I don't know what you have been using to read these DOC files,
but why not try SHOW now?
Enter "SHOW" with no argument to display a page of help.