Source of display_files.cpp

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  1: //display_files.cpp
  2: //Displays contents of each file listed on the command line.

  4: #include <iostream>
  5: #include <string>
  6: #include <cstdlib>
  7: using namespace std;

  9: int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 10: {
 11:     if (argc == 1)
 12:     {
 13:         cout << "\nThis program displays the contents of each file "
 14:             "listed on the command line,\nin the order listed. "
 15:             "Each of those files must (of course) be a textfile."
 16:             "\n\nTypical usage:"
 17:             "\ndisplay_files first_file second_file third_file\n";
 18:         cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... ";  cin.ignore(80, '\n');
 19:         return 1;
 20:     }
 21:     else
 22:     {
 23:         for (int i=1; i<argc; i++)
 24:         {
 25:             string command = "type ";
 26:             command += argv[i];
 27:             command += " | more";
 28:             system(command.c_str());
 29:             system("pause");
 30:         }
 31:     }
 32: }