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- ' $Header: /a/newcmds/select/RCS/select.man,v 1.1 88/12/22 11:45:50 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS SELECT cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- select \- Print the selection
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBselect\fR
- .BE
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .LP
- This command will retrieve the Sx selection in ``text'' format
- and output it onto the standard output. If there is no selection,
- no output is generated. The main purpose of this command is to
- allow you to write shell commands that use the selection, e.g. to
- print it or to delete a file whose name is selected.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- selection, window
-