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visible change should be that more than one queue can now be specified, if one uses the '-msg' parameter to separate the list of queues from the status message to set. The previous implementation of 'down' remains available as the command 'xdown', available for instant fallback if there seems to be anything wrong with the new one. If no one reports a problem after a few weeks, then a later update will remove 'xdown'. Reviewed by: freebsd-print@bostonradio.org MFC after: 10 days
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.\" @(#)lpc.8 8.5 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 15, 2002
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.Dt LPC 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm lpc
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.Nd line printer control program
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Lpc
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is used by the system administrator to control the
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operation of the line printer system.
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For each line printer configured in
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.Pa /etc/printcap ,
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.Nm
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may be used to:
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.Bl -bullet -offset indent
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.It
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disable or enable a printer,
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.It
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disable or enable a printer's spooling queue,
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.It
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rearrange the order of jobs in a spooling queue,
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.It
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find the status of printers, and their associated
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spooling queues and printer daemons,
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.It
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change the status message for printer queues (the status message
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may be seen by users as part of the output of the
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.Xr lpq 1 utility).
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.El
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.Pp
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Without any arguments,
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.Nm
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will prompt for commands from the standard input.
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If arguments are supplied,
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.Nm
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interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
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arguments as parameters to the command.
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The standard input
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may be redirected causing
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.Nm
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to read commands from file.
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Commands may be abbreviated;
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the following is the list of recognized commands.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
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.It Ic help Op Ar command ...
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Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
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or, if no argument is given, a list of the recognized commands.
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.Pp
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.It Ic abort Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Terminate an active spooling daemon on the local host immediately and
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then disable printing (preventing new daemons from being started by
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.Xr lpr 1 )
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for the specified printers.
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.Pp
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.It Ic clean Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Remove any temporary files, data files, and control files that cannot
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be printed (i.e., do not form a complete printer job)
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from the specified printer queue(s) on the local machine.
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This command will also look for
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.Pa core
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files in spool directory
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for each printer queue, and list any that are found.
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It will not remove any
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.Pa core
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files.
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See also the
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.Ic tclean
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command.
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.Pp
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.It Ic disable Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Turn the specified printer queues off.
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This prevents new
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printer jobs from being entered into the queue by
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.Xr lpr 1 .
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.Pp
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.It Ic down Bro Cm all | Ar printer ... Brc Cm -msg Ar message ...
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.It Ic down Bro Cm all | Ar printer Brc Ar message ...
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Turn the specified printer queue off, disable printing and put
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.Ar message
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in the printer status file.
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When specifying more than one printer queue, the
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.Ic -msg
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argument is required to separate the list of printers from the text
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that will be the new status message.
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The message doesn't need to be quoted, the
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remaining arguments are treated like
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.Xr echo 1 .
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This is normally used to take a printer down, and let other users
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find out why it is down (the
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.Xr lpq 1
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utility will indicate that the printer is down and will print the
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status message).
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.Pp
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.It Ic enable Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Enable spooling on the local queue for the listed printers.
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This will allow
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.Xr lpr 1
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to put new jobs in the spool queue.
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.Pp
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.It Ic exit
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.It Ic quit
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Exit from
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.Nm .
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.Pp
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.It Ic restart Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Attempt to start a new printer daemon.
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This is useful when some abnormal condition causes the daemon to
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die unexpectedly, leaving jobs in the queue.
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.Xr lpq 1
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will report that there is no daemon present when this condition occurs.
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If the user is the super-user,
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try to abort the current daemon first (i.e., kill and restart a stuck daemon).
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.Pp
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.It Ic setstatus Bro Cm all | Ar printer Brc Cm -msg Ar message ...
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Set the status message for the specified printers.
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The
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.Ic -msg
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argument is required to separate the list of printers from the text
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that will be the new status message.
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This is normally used to change the status message when the printer
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queue is no longer active after printing has been disabled, and you
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want to change what users will see in the output of the
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.Xr lpq 1 utility.
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.Pp
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.It Ic start Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Enable printing and start a spooling daemon for the listed printers.
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.Pp
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.It Ic status Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Display the status of daemons and queues on the local machine.
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.Pp
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.It Ic stop Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Stop a spooling daemon after the current job completes and disable
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printing.
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.Pp
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.It Ic tclean Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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This will do a test-run of the
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.Ic clean
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command.
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All the same checking is done, but the command will only print out
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messages saying what a similar
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.Ic clean
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command would do if the user typed it in.
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It will not remove any files.
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Note that the
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.Ic clean
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command is a privileged command, while the
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.Ic tclean
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command is not restricted.
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.Pp
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.It Ic topq Ar printer Xo
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.Op Ar jobnum ...
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.Op Ar user ...
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.Xc
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Place the jobs in the order listed at the top of the printer queue.
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.Pp
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.It Ic up Brq Cm all | Ar printer
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Enable everything and start a new printer daemon.
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Undoes the effects of
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.Ic down .
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/spool/*/lockx -compact
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.It Pa /etc/printcap
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printer description file
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.It Pa /var/spool/*
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spool directories
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.It Pa /var/spool/*/lock
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lock file for queue control
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr lpq 1 ,
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.Xr lpr 1 ,
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.Xr lprm 1 ,
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.Xr printcap 5 ,
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.Xr chkprintcap 8 ,
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.Xr lpd 8
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "?Ambiguous command"
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abbreviation matches more than one command
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.It "?Invalid command"
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no match was found
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.It "?Privileged command"
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you must be a member of group "operator" or root to execute this command
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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