36 lines
763 B
Groff
36 lines
763 B
Groff
.TH display "" "" "/rdb Command"
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.PC "Write table or list file to standard output"
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\fBdisplay < \fItableorlist\fR
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.PP
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.II "file^copy"
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.II "file^write"
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.II "copy file"
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.II "write file"
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.II "standard input"
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.II "standard output"
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The command
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.B display
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copies
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.I tableorlist
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from the standard input to the standard output.
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This is not a very useful program, but is a template for the
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C interface programs.
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If you have its source code,
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you have an example of how to process tables and lists
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and can modify it for your own programs.
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.PP
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.II cat
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.B display
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is slower than the COHERENT command
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.B cat
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because it does more processing.
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.B display
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knows about table and list formats, and reads and writes
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one row at a time.
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.SH "See Also"
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COHERENT Lexicon:
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.B
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cat,
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more
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.R
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