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From: benji@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Jeff Benjamin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: pg command on System 5
Message-ID: <8170007@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Sep 89 20:12:28 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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> > We have a Unisys 5000/80 running System 5.3.  Does 'pg'
> > utility have an environment variable which can be set,
> > to automatically run options such as 'pg -cn'? 
> 
> Yes, it's "PG."  I use:
> 
> PG="-ns =p --more(p%d)--"; export PG

Oops.  This is an HP-UX-ism, not a SysV-ism.  I was too hasty; I figured
since HP-UX conforms to the SVID...  Sorry to mislead anybody.

Instead, why not just set up an alias for pg that includes the option:

alias pg="pg -ns -p --more(p%d)--"

> P.S. This *is* in the manpage.

Well, it was in my manpage :-}

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Jeff Benjamin                         {ucbvax,hplabs}!hpfcla!benji
Graphics Technology Division          benji%hpfcla@hplabs.HP.COM
Hewlett Packard Co.                   Fort Collins, Colorado