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diff --git a/7.8/fileprint.c b/7.8/fileprint.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "fileprint.h"
+
+#define MAXLINE 100
+#define MAXBOT	3
+#define MAXHDR	5
+#define MAXPAGE	66
+
+static int heading(char *fname, int pageno);
+
+void fileprint(FILE *fp, char *fname)
+{
+	/* before making sense of this code read this first
+	 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_break
+	 * this code was helpful for printing text files
+	 * this is not a clone of less, it just puts \f at the end
+	 * of a page so the printer can print the rest on a new page */
+
+	char line[MAXLINE];
+	int lineno, pageno = 1;
+
+	lineno = heading(fname, pageno);
+	while (fgets(line, MAXLINE, fp)) {
+		if (lineno == 1) {
+			fprintf(stdout, "\f");
+			lineno = heading(fname, ++pageno);
+		}
+
+		if (lineno++ > MAXPAGE - MAXBOT)
+			lineno = 1;
+		fputs(line, stdout);
+	}
+	fprintf(stdout, "\f");
+}
+
+static int heading(char *fname, int pageno)
+{
+	int ln = 3;
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "\n\n");
+	fprintf(stdout, "%s	page %d\n", fname, pageno);
+
+	while (ln++ < MAXHDR)
+		fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+	return ln;
+}