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view(1)								       view(1)

Name
       view - displays a file using the vi commands

Syntax
       view [-t tag] [-r] [+command] [-l] [-wn] [-x] name...

Description
       The  command  displays  a  text	file.  The command and the command run
       almost the same code except that in changes to a file are  not  allowed
       (unless	overriden).  It is possible to get to the command mode of from
       within both.

       You can write changes to the file by using the command to override  the
       write  protection  for  the  file.  For example, the command causes the
       changes you have made so far to be written to the file.

       The following is a list of some of the commands. See the vi  Beginner's
       Reference Card and the "Introduction to Display Editing with vi" in the
       Supplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User for more	 details  that
       can be helpful for using

       Screen Control Commands

	    <CTRL/L>	   Reprints current screen.

	    <CTRL/Y>	   Exposes one more line at top of screen.

	    <CTRL/E>	   Exposes one more line at bottom of screen.

       Paging Commands

	    <CTRL/F>	   Pages forward one screen.

	    <CTRL/B>	   Pages back one screen.

	    <CTRL/D>	   Pages down half screen.

	    <CTRL/U>	   Pages up half screen.

       Cursor Positioning Commands

	    j		   Moves cursor down one line, same column.

	    k		   Moves cursor up one line, same column.

	    h		   Moves cursor back one character.

	    l		   Moves cursor forward one character.

	    <RETURN>	   Moves cursor to beginning of next line.

	    0		   Moves cursor to beginning of current line.

	    $		   Moves cursor to end of current line.

	    <SPACE>	   Moves cursor forward one character.

	    nG		   Moves  cursor  to  beginning of line n.  Default is
			   last line of file.

	    /pattern	   Moves cursor forward to next occurrence of pattern.

	    ?pattern	   Moves cursor backward to next  occurrence  of  pat‐
			   tern.

	    n		   Repeats last / or ? pattern search.

       Exiting view

	    ZZ		   Exits

	    :q		   Quits session.

Options
       -t tag	 Specifies  a list of tag files. The tag files are preceded by
		 a backslash (\) and are separated by spaces. The  tag	option
		 should always be the first entry.

       +command	 Tells the editor to begin by executing the specified command.
		 An example would be +/pattern that would search  for  a  pat‐
		 tern.

       -l	 Sets the showmatch and lisp options for viewing LISP code..

       -r	 Retrieves  the	 last  saved version of the name'd file in the
		 event of a system crash. If no file is specified, a  list  of
		 saved files is produced.

       -wn	 Sets the default window size to n.  This option is useful for
		 starting in a small window on	dialups.   The	-x  option  is
		 available   only   if	 the  Encryption  layered  product  is
		 installed.

       -x	 Causes to prompt for a key.  The key is used to  encrypt  and
		 decrypt  the  contents	 of  the  file.	  If the file has been
		 encrypted with one key, you must use the same key to  decrypt
		 the file.

See Also
       edit(1), ex(1), vi(1)
       The Little Gray Book: An ULTRIX Primer
       The Big Gray Book: The Next Step with ULTRIX
       "An Introduction to Display Editing with vi" in the Supplementary Docu‐
       ments, Volume 1: General User

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