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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Jay O'Brien wrote:

> I'm trying to read the 'paper.ascii' file contained in
> /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz and it is
> a mess. This is a tutorial on "make". I've unzipped
> the file in a WinXP machine and I can't find a display
> tool that will not show the formatting stuff in the file.
>
> What is the "right" way to read this file?
On UNIX you would do
# gunzip < paper.ascii.gz | more

On the DOS Prompt in Windows more is available, too.
So unzip your document, open DOS Prompt and do something like
c:\Desktop> more paper.ascii

Regards,

Uli.


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> Jay O'Brien
> Rio Linda, CA USA
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