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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2021-01-30 13:24:20 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2021-01-30 13:25:25 +0100
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environ.7: Note the default if PAGER is not defined
Reported-by: Bastien Roucariès <rouca@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ The user's preferred utility to display text files.
Any string acceptable as a command-string operand to the
.I sh\ \-c
command shall be valid.
+If
+.B PAGER
+is null or is not set,
+then applications that launch a pager will default to a program such as
+.BR less (1)
+or
+.BR more (1).
.TP
.BR EDITOR / VISUAL
The user's preferred utility to edit text files.