.TH see "" "" "/rdb Command"
.PC "Display nonprinting as well as printing characters"
\fBsee < \fItableorlist\fR
.PP
.II "file^display contents"
The command
.B see
displays the contents of
.IR tableorlist .
Unlike the COHERENT command
.BR cat ,
.B see
represents all nonprinting characters by converting
them to the form
\fB^\fIsome-printing-character\fR.
It is essentially the same as the Berkeley UNIX commands
.B see
or
.BR "cat -v" .
.PP
.B see
is very useful for seeing if you have placed tabs into your tables or lists.
Tabs print out as
.B ^I
because they are also
obtained by typing \fB<ctrl-I>\fR.
.B see
is also helpful for finding nonprinting characters.
.SH Example
To see the if the tabs are placed correctly in table
.BR badtable ,
type:
.DM
	see < badtable
.DE
.PP
You'll see something like:
.DM
Date^IAccount^IDebit^ICredit^IDescription$
------^I-------^I-------^I-------^I--------------------------$
820102^I101^I25000^I^Icash from loan$
820102^I211.1^I^I25000^Iloan number #378-14 Bank Amerigold$
820103^I150.1   10000^I^Itest equipment from Zarkoff$
820103^I101^I^I5000^Icash payment$
820103^I211.2^I^I5000^Inote payable to Zarkoff Equipment$
820104^I130^I30000^I^Iinventory - parts from CCPSC$
820104^I201.1^I^I15000^Iaccounts payable to CCPSC$
820104^I101^I^I15000^Icash payment to CCPSC for parts$
.DE
.SH "See Also"
COHERENT Lexicon:
.B
ASCII
.R
.SH Notes
.B see
assumes ASCII characters with a value between 0 and 127.
.B see
adds 128 to negative characters and to characters with values greater
than 127.
It then adds the value of ASCII `A' to characters with a value less
than that of a blank character (ASCII 32)
so they map to the upper-case characters.
.PP
For example, NUL
is printed as \fB^@\fR, a tab character as \fB^I\fR, and a form-feed character
as \fB^L\fR.
.SO see