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- Relative Software Innovations
- 1515 N. Town East Blvd., Suite #138
- Mesquite, Texas 75150
- (214) 681-8131
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- HomeWorks Personal Possessions Version 1 Contents
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- C O N T E N T S
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- Warranty ..................................................... I
- The Shareware Concept ........................................ I
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- CHAPTER ONE
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- DOS Basics
- Dir ..................................................... 1.1
- ChDir or CD ............................................. 1.2
- MkDir or MD ............................................. 1.3
- Copy .................................................... 1.4
- Del or Erase ............................................ 1.5
- Type .................................................... 1.6
- Disk Files
- Batch Files ............................................. 1.6
- Executable Files ........................................ 1.7
- Archive Files ........................................... 1.7
- ASCII Text Files ........................................ 1.7
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- CHAPTER TWO
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- Program Installation
- Self-Extracting EXE ..................................... 2.1
- Archive Files ........................................... 2.1
- Loading The Program ..................................... 2.2
- On-Line Help ............................................... 2.3
- Key Guide .................................................. 2.3
- Main Menu .................................................. 2.3
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- CHAPTER THREE
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- Home Inventory
- Menus ................................................... 3.1
- New File ................................................ 3.1
- Adding Records .......................................... 3.1
- Deleting Records ........................................ 3.2
- Sorting Records ......................................... 3.2
- Viewing Lists ........................................... 3.2
- Viewing Reports ......................................... 3.2
- Printing Lists .......................................... 3.3
- Printing Reports ........................................ 3.3
- Find ................................................... 3.3
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- Find Next ............................................... 3.4
- Quit .................................................... 3.4
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- CHAPTER FOUR
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- AudioFile
- Menus ................................................... 4.1
- New File ................................................ 4.1
- Adding Records .......................................... 4.1
- Adding Tracks ........................................... 4.2
- Editing Tracks .......................................... 4.2
- Edit ..................................................4.2
- Insert ................................................4.3
- Delete.................................................4.3
- Cancel.................................................4.3
- Deleting Records ........................................ 4.3
- Sorting Records ......................................... 4.3
- Viewing Lists ........................................... 4.4
- Viewing Reports ......................................... 4.4
- Printing Lists .......................................... 4.4
- Printing Reports ........................................ 4.4
- Find ................................................... 4.5
- Find Next ............................................... 4.5
- Quit .................................................... 4.5
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- CHAPTER FIVE
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- VideoFile
- Menus ................................................... 5.1
- New File ................................................ 5.1
- Adding Records .......................................... 5.1
- Deleting Records ........................................ 5.2
- Sorting Records ......................................... 5.2
- Viewing Lists ........................................... 5.2
- Viewing Reports ......................................... 5.2
- Printing Lists .......................................... 5.3
- Printing Reports ........................................ 5.3
- Find ................................................... 5.3
- Find Next ............................................... 5.4
- Quit .................................................... 5.4
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- WARRANTY
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- Relative Software Innovations specifically disclaims all warranties,
- expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties
- of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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- Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a defective diskette
- is expressly limited to replacement of the diskette. If the diskette
- should fail, return it to RSI with a brief statement describing the
- defect.
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- Relative Software Innovations shall not be liable for indirect,
- special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use
- of this product.
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- THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT
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- HomeWorks Personal Possessions is distributed as shareware.
- Shareware is commercial software distributed in an unconventional
- manner. Microcomputers copy information very easily. Instead of
- trying to frustrate this through copy protection, shareware takes
- advantage of it to reach as many users as possible at the lowest cost.
- Anyone may copy a shareware program and distribute it to whomever they
- desire, provided they do not charge a fee for the program or alter it.
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- Shareware isn't free. Serious shareware is as polished as any
- conventional commercial product, and represents just as much
- programming effort. If you use it regularly, the authors expect
- compensation.
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- However, unlike conventional distribution, shareware allows you
- to evaluate the product before you decide to purchase it. The price
- is often lower, as well, because there are no advertising, packaging,
- or distribution costs.
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- It can only work with your support. If you are still using a
- shareware product after a couple of weeks, then it is obviously worth
- something to you, and you should register it.
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- C H A P T E R O N E
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- DOS BASICS
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- If you are new to DOS or computing in general, here are some basics
- to help you install and operate our programs and programs in general.
- DOS stands for disk operating system and coordinates all the drivers
- your computer needs to function (i.e. keyboard, monitor, CPU, printer,
- etc.).
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- o DIR
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- Dir is used to look at the files on the drive or directory you are
- currently in. If you are in the root directory of the C drive, your
- prompt should look something like this:
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- C:\>
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- To look at the files and subdirectories on this drive type:
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- DIR
- and press the <Enter> or <CR> key.
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- The directory listing will look similar to the following:
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- Volume in drive C has no label
- Volume Serial Number is 157A-6C23
- Directory of C:\
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- AUTOEXEC BAT 155 11-28-90 3:15p
- COMMAND COM 247556 05-25-90 10:55a
- CONFIG SYS 264 11-28-90 3:15p
- DOS <DIR>
- README DOC 1256 08-05-90 11:33p
- NOTES TXT 4044 05-25-90 12:10p
- HOMEWRKS <DIR>
- 7 file(s) 253275 bytes
- 32267435 bytes free
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- C:\>
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- The listing shows filenames and extensions, the size of the file,
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- and the date time it was created. It also lists any subdirectories
- that exist in the current directory.
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- When you view a directory that has many files and some scroll off
- the screen, use the /p switch to view the files one page at a time
- or the /w switch to show the filenames and directory names listed
- across the width of the screen in columns (i.e. dir /p or dir /w).
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- You can also use wildcards (* and ?) for viewing files in direct-
- ories. Typing:
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- DIR *.exe
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- lists all the files in the current directory with an .EXE extension.
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- DIR ???.*
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- lists all files in the current directory with a filename up to three
- characters and any extension.
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- o CHDIR or CD
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- To change the current directory on your disk, type:
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- CHDIR [drive:]path
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- or CD [drive:]path
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- drive: specifies the drive on which you want to change
- the current directory. If you are changing directories on
- the current drive, the drive specification is optional.
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- path specifies the directory to which you want to change.
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- If you want to change to a directory on the current drive named
- ACCOUNTS, type:
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- cd \accounts
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- If you wanted to change to the CHECKING subdirectory in the
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- ACCOUNTS directory, type:
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- cd \accounts\checking
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- To move back to the parent directory (ACCOUNTS), type:
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- cd..
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- To move back to the root directory from any directory or sub-
- directory, type:
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- cd \
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- o MKDIR or MD
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- To create a directory on your disk, type:
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- MKDIR [drive:]path
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- or MD [drive:]path
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- drive: specifies the drive on which you want to create
- the new directory. If you are creating the directory on the
- current drive, the drive specification is optional.
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- path specifies the name and location of the new directory.
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- If you want to create a directory on the current drive named
- ACCOUNTS, type:
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- md \accounts
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- If you wanted to create subdirectories in the ACCOUNTS directory,
- either change to the ACCOUNTS directory or include it in your path:
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- cd \accounts <--- Change to ACCOUNTS directory.
- md checking <--- Create CHECKING subdirectory.
- md savings <--- Create SAVINGS subdirectory.
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- or md\accounts\checking <- Create CHECKING subdirectory.
- md\accounts\savings <- Create SAVINGS subdirectory.
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- o COPY
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- To copy files to another directory or disk, type:
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- COPY [drive1:][path1\]filename.ext [drive2:]path2
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- drive1: specifies the drive from which you are copying
- the specified files. If you are on the drive that holds the
- files, the drive specification is optional.
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- path1 specifies the directory where the files you want to
- copy are located. If you are in that directory, the path is
- optional.
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- filename.ext specifies the files you want to copy.
- Wildcard characters (* and ?) can be used.
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- drive2: specifies the drive on which you want to copy
- the specified files to. If you are only copying files to an-
- other directory on the current drive, the drive is optional.
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- path2 specifies the directory where you want to copy the
- files to.
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- If you want to copy a file named mytext.txt to drive A, type:
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- COPY mytext.txt a:
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- To copy certain files or a group of files, you can use the * and
- ? wildcards. The asterisk can substitute for all or part of a file
- name or extension. The question mark wildcard substitutes only for
- a single character.
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- If you wanted to copy all .TXT files in the current subdirectory
- to the ACCOUNTS directory, type:
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- COPY *.txt \accounts
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- To copy a group of files that start with the letter c to drive B,
- type:
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- COPY c*.* b:
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- or to copy all files in the SAVINGS directory from drive C to the A
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- drive (where the A drive is the current drive), type:
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- COPY c:\savings\*.*
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- To copy an ASCII text file named MANUAL.DOC to your printer, type:
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- COPY manual.doc prn
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- or COPY manual.doc LPT1
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- To make a copy of a file into the same directory, you must give
- it a new filename. To make another copy of CHAPTER1.DOC, type:
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- COPY chapter1.doc chapter2.doc
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- Chapter1.doc and chapter2.doc are identical files except for the
- name.
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- o DEL or ERASE
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- To delete or erase files from a disk, type:
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- del [drive:][path\]filename.ext
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- or erase [drive:][path\]filename.ext
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- drive: specifies the drive from which you are deleting
- the specified files. If you are on the drive that holds the
- files, the drive specification is optional.
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- path specifies the directory where the files you want
- to delete are located. If you are in that directory, the
- path is optional.
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- filename.ext specifies the files you want to delete or
- erase. Wildcard characters (* and ?) can be used. USE WITH
- CAUTION!
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- To delete a file named TEMP.DAT in the current directory, type:
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- DEL temp.dat
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- To delete all .TXT files on drive A in the OLDFILES directory,
- type:
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- DEL a:\oldfiles\*.txt
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- or ERASE a:\oldfiles\*.txt
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- o TYPE
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- To view text files you use the TYPE command. To see the contents
- of your autoexec.bat, type:
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- TYPE autoexec.bat
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- For more on viewing files, see ASCII Text Files later in this
- chapter.
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- DISK FILES
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- o BATCH FILES
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- A batch file (.BAT) contains commands to simplify common tasks.
- If you wanted to back-up your data files in the DATA directory to
- drive A on a regular basis, you could enter the command:
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- COPY \DATA\*.DAT A:
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- in a batch file named BUPDATA.BAT and just type BUPDATA to run the
- file. If you wanted to run a program that you use on a regular basis,
- you could enter the necessary commands to go to the directory that
- holds the program and start the program EXE (executable) file:
- CD\ASTRONMY <--- Change to the ASTRONMY directory.
- ASTRONMY <--- Run the ASTRONMY.EXE program.
- CD\ <--- Go back to the root directory when
- the program ends.
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- To create a small batch file from the command line, use the COPY
- command. The input will be coming from the keyboard (or CON) and
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- output to the file named MYFMT.BAT. At the DOS prompt, type:
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- COPY CON myfmt.bat
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- The cursor will move to the beginning of the next line and wait
- for you to enter the contents of the file. Enter a command on each
- line, then press ENTER. After all the commands have been entered,
- press CTRL+Z and press ENTER to create the file on the disk.
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- To create a batch file that will format a 360k floppy disk in
- drive A, which is a high density drive, type:
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- format a: /f:360
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- and then press CTRL+Z and press ENTER.
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- To run this batch file, you only need to type the name of the
- batch file (myfmt) to format a 360k disk in drive A.
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- o EXECUTABLE FILES
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- An EXE extension normally means an executable program file. Just
- type the filename and it loads and runs the file. A COM file is
- similar to an EXE file in that it loads and runs when its name is
- typed from the command line.
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- o ARCHIVE FILES
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- An EXE extension can also mean it is a self-extracting archive
- file. An archive file is one file that has several files compacted
- inside of it. Archive files have a .PAK, .ZIP, .EXE, .LZH, or .ARC
- extension. All but self-extracting files use an unarchiving utility
- to expand the individual files from the archive file back to their
- original state. A self-extracting file, as the name implies, will
- extract all the files when the archive filename is entered at the
- command line.
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- Plain ASCII files are files that contain text without any special
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- formatting characters like word processors use. LST, DOC, TXT, and
- other extensions are used to specify text files. They can be viewed
- from the DOS command line or with the use of text editors.
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- To view a text file named README.1ST from the command line, type:
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- TYPE readme.1st
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- If there are more lines than can be viewed on one screen, you can
- use the PAUSE key on your keyboard (if applicable), use CTRL+S key
- combination, or use the MORE command.
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- To temporarily stop a command, press the PAUSE key or CTRL+S. To
- restart the command, press any key except the PAUSE key. You can
- stop and restart the output of a command as many times as needed.
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- To use the MORE command, use the pipe (|) followed by the MORE
- command:
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- TYPE readme.1st | MORE
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- or use the MORE command followed by the redirection character (<)
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