Viewing And Printing Files; Printing A File With Lp - HP 9000 300 Series Owner's Manual

Viewing and Printing Files

The
more
the following line displays the contents of
$ more myfile
This is the text of "myfile", which I had previously
entered.
$
If the le contains more lines than are on your screen,
4
screen is full. With a longer le, you can press
additional screens, and press
to the system prompt.
For using the

Printing a File with lp

If your system is appropriately con gured, you can print a text le using the
l ine p rinter) command. Before using the
(
lp
nd out whether your system is set up so that you can use the
If it is not, basic installation information is in Chapter 6, in this manual. You
can nd detailed information on installing and con guring printers in
Administration Tasks .
If does work on your system, you may also need to nd out the location of
lp
the printer, on an extensive system. When you have this information, print
myfile
$ lp myfile
4-12 Using the Command Line
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command displays a text le's contents on the screen. For example,
4 q 5
text editor, see \Editing Files", in this chapter.
vi
by running the command:
lp
:
myfile
more
to continue looking at
4 space 5
when you are nished. Then
command you may need to
lp
pauses when the
returns you
more
command.
lp
System