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- ALIAS --- give a new name to an old (set of) command(s)
- Form : ALIAS [<name> [<command>]]
- Examples : ALIAS rm RM -I
- ALIAS time Time \; DATE or better
- ALIAS time 'Time ; DATE'
- ALIAS ed c:\util\edit.ttp $*
- ALIAS ed
- ALIAS exec cls \; $* \; cls or better
- ALIAS exec 'cls ; $* ; cls'
- ALIAS @ Setenv \;:
- ALIAS
-
- ASK and GET --- read from the keyboard
- Form : ASK ["<string>"] <variable>
- GET ["<string>"] <variable>
- Examples : ASK ANSWER
- ASK "COPY NOW ? : " EINGABE
- GET "Your choice : " choice
-
- BEEP --- ring the bell
- Form : BEEP [<n>]
- Options : <n> : ring <n> times
- Examples : BEEP
- BEEP -3
-
- BYE or EXIT --- leave Master and go back to the calling program
- Form : (EXIT | BYE)
-
- CAR --- show start of variable
- Form : CAR <variable>
- Options : C : use chars (not words)
- <n> : show first <n> words (or chars)
- O : show <n>'th word only
- G : lookup global binding
-
- CAT or TYPE --- show file contents
- Form : (CAT | TYPE) {<filespec>}
- Options : L : line numbers
- N : show filenames
- M : act like more
- P : act like page
- I : display 32000 bytes as image
- C : display as text (even binaries)
- Default : normal output of the specified files
-
- Examples : CAT MASTER.SET
- CAT *.C -NL
- CAT *.C *.DOC
- CAT *.pic -im
-
-
- CD --- change directory or show current directory
- Form : CD [<pfad>]
- Options : N : don't show toplevel dir as \
- S : execute sign_on.bat
- Examples : CD
- CD \
- CD E:\TMP
- CD C_FILES\
- CD C_FILES (identical to the previous)
-
- CDR --- show rest of variable
- Form : CDR <variable>
- Options : C : use characters
- <n> : strip <n> words (0 shows entire variable)
- G : use global var binding
-
- CHMOD --- change file attributes
- Form : CHMOD <mode> [<filespec> ... ]
- mode :
- 0 : readable and writable
- 1 : read-only (r/o)
- 2 : hidden file (hid)
- 4 : system file (sys)
- 8 : diskname (vol)
- 10 : directory (DIR)
- 20 : written and closed (w/c)
-
- Examples : CHMOD 1 *.C write-protect all C-files
- CHMOD 3 TEST.PRG write-protect and hide TEST.PRG
- CHMOD 22 YY absolute nonsense (but possible)
-
- CHRONO --- set or clear the internal stop-watch
- Form : CHRONO [<timestring>]
-
- CLOSE --- close open streams
- Form : CLOSE <stream> {<stream>}
- Options : O : do not complain about non-open files
- Examples : CLOSE mainfile infile
- See Also : OPEN, GETLINE
-
- CLS --- Clear Screen
- Form : CLS
-
- COMP --- compare two files (bytewise)
- Form : COMP <file1> [<file2>]
- Options : S : silent mode
- Examples : COMP TEST.C TEST.BAK
- COMP B:\*.PAS -P
- COMP MENU.BAT E:
- See Also : DIFF
-
- CP or COPY --- copying of files
- Form : (COPY | CP) <source> {<source>} [<dest>]
- Options : O : overwrite existing files
- N : never overwrite
- D : overwrite older files
- T : preserve time and date
- I : ask user for confirmation
- V : overwrite newer files
- Y : show action, but don't copy
- F : do not test free space on destination drive
- A : append files
- C : eventually create target directory
- <n>: use <n> bytes buffer (0 means just copy filename)
- K : interpret <n> as kilobytes
- Default : asking
- Examples : CP A: B:
- COPY MASTER.PRG B:MASTER\
- CP *.C -O
- CP A:\MASTER -N
-
- DATE --- read or set the internal calendar
- Options : S : display short format
- Form : DATE [<datestring> [<timestring>]]
- Examples : DATE 20.9.86
-
- DIFF --- search for differences in 2 textfiles
- Form : DIFF <file1> [<file2>]
- Examples : DIFF T.PAS T.BAK
- DIFF E:PAS\
- DIFF WORK.FOR B:
- See Also : COMP
-
- DIR or LS and LL --- display contents of directory
- Form : (DIR | LS | LL) {<filespec>}
- Options : D : directories
- H : hidden files
- S : system files
- N : normal files
- A : all files
- V : only volume labels
- U : unix-like display (directories with /, links with @)
- I : inverse output
- R : recursive listing
- P : only filenames
- E : only erased files
- F, L : long format
- Default : normal files
-
- LL does the same as LS -F
-
- Examples : LS
- LS B: -A
- LS *.PRG -F
- LL MASTER.* B:\ *.C
- LS -R
-
- DIRS and POPD and PUSHD --- manipulation of the directorystack
- Form : PUSHD {<dirname>}
- POPD
- DIRS
- Options : S : execute sign_on.bat
- <n> : get <n>'th entry
- Examples : PUSHD A:\MASTER we go to A:\MASTER
- PUSHD A:\BATCH we go to A:\BATCH
- PUSHD we go back to A:\MASTER
- POPD and again to A:\BATCH
- DIRS on the stack is the old directory
- POPD -3 get the third entry
-
- DUMP --- show files as HEX/ASCII-dump
- Form : DUMP {<filespec>}
- Options : N : show filenames
- D : show data section
- <n> : start at offset <n>
- Examples : DUMP *.PRG -N
- DUMP EDIT.PRG EDIT.RSC -D
- DUMP -1024 A.PRG
-
-
- ELAPSED --- show elapsed time
- Options : L : show running time of last command
- Form : ELAPSED
-
- ERR --- show error-code of previous command or set it
- Form : ERR [<n>]
-
- EVAL --- evaluate a mathematical expression (reverse
- polish notation)
- Form : EVAL <rpn-expr>
- Examples : EVAL 5 6 -
- EVAL count 1 +
- EVAL 45 5 6 + * 4 -
-
- EXPORT --- export variable to the next global level
- Form : EXPORT {<var>}
- Examples : EXPORT var1 var2
- EXPORT
- See Also : SET, SETENV, UNSET, UNSETENV
-
- FILES --- display files and put in environment var
- Form : FILES [<file>..]
- Options : P : display with absolute path
- K : preserve non-existing files in output
- D : show directories
- <n> : use a maximum of <n> bytes for output
- A : show all files
- R : display with relative path
- Default : -128
- Examples : FILES
- FILES -98 B:*.C
- FILES A:\TMP\ ..\*.PAS
- FILES -K NEU.PAS ALT.[CH]
- See Also : LS, DIR, LL, STATUS
-
- FIND or FGREP --- Search a string in textfiles
- Form : (FIND | FGREP) <searchstring> {<filedesc>}
- Options : L : line numbers
- I : ignore case
- V : show non-matching lines
- Examples : FIND "()" *.C
- FGREP " BEGIN" *.PAS *.BAK -IL
- FIND "(""%" *.C -V
-
- FORMAT --- format a floppy-disk
- Form : FORMAT drive [<volumelabel>] [<starttrack>
- [<endtrack> [<sectors/track>]]]
- Options : S : use single-sided format
- O : do not ask for confirmation if disk is formatted
- N : do not touch bootsector
- Examples : FORMAT A
- FORMAT B TESTDISK 81 81 10 -S-N
- FORMAT A 0 81 10 -O
-
- FREE --- give back SHRINK'ed memory
- Form : FREE
-
- GETLINE --- read a line from an open stream
- Form : GETLINE <var> [<stream>]
- Examples : GETLINE inline infile
- GETLINE inline ! read from the last accessed file
- See Also : OPEN, CLOSE
-
- GOTO --- go to a label in a batchfile
- Form : GOTO <label>
- Examples : GOTO START:
- GOTO COMPILE
- GOTO L1
-
- GREP --- search for a regular expression in files
- Form : GREP <pattern> {<file>}
- Options : L, N : show line-numbers
- V : print non-matching lines
- I : ignore case
- C : only count matches
- P : print file names that contain matches
- the following chars form a regular expression
-
- '^' - start of line
- '$' - end of line
- '.' - any character except newline
- ':a' - any alphabetic character
- ':n' - any alphanumeric char (a-z,0-9)
- ':d' - any digit
- ': ' - blank, tab or other control-characters
- ':<' - start of word
- ':>' - end of word
- '+' - repeat previous expression one or more times
- '*' - repeat previous expression zero or more times
- '-' - previous expression can be ommited
- '[]' - any char of the specified set ('^' immediately after
- '[' negates and ranges can be specified with '-')
- '\' - mask the next character (example: '\$' means '$')
- x - any other char must match against the input exactly
-
- Examples : GREP "^#define: *.*:d+$" *.c
- searches C-defines for a number
- GREP ".*(.*var.*)" *.PAS
- GREP -P printf *.C ==> xx ; EDIT $xx
-
- HELP --- give some help
- Form : HELP [[<topic>] [<helpfile>]]
- Examples : HELP RS232
- HELP
- HELP COMPILER A:\PASCAL\PASCAL.HLP
- HELP PETER C:\HELPFILES\BIRTHDAY.HLP
-
- HISTORY --- manipulate history
- Form : HISTORY [<n>]
- Options : T : display history as text
- P : show protection state of entries
- W : set minimal width of commands accepted
- Examples : HISTORY
- HISTORY -W 2
- HISTORY 40 ;: set length of history
- HISTORY -t >all.bat
-
- INVERSE --- output is white on a black background
- Form : INVERSE
-
- JOBS --- display active jobs
- Form : JOBS
- Options : <n> : set maximal number of jobs
- Description : active job (reachable with %%) is marked with +
- jobs may be restarted with %<job-id>
- See Also : KILL
-
- KBD --- set or show the keyboard defaults
- Form : KBD [{<keyword>}]
- keyword:
- [NO]REPEAT
- [NO]KEYCLICK
- [NO]BELL
- [NO]MOUSE
- Examples : KBD MOUSE ;: mouse-movements simulate cursor-keys
- KBD NOREPEAT ;: no autorepeat
-
- KEY --- set function key strings
- Form : KEY [([+]F<n>|M(L|R)) [<string>[@]]]
- Examples : KEY F1 COMP TEST.C
- KEY MR EDIT TEST.C ;: right mouse-button
- KEY +F3
-
- See Also : SAVE, RESTORE
-
- KILL --- terminate stopped programs
- Form : KILL %<job-id>
- See Also : JOBS
-
- L25 and L50 --- set the number of lines on the (mono) screen
- Form : (L25|L50)
-
- LN --- installation of symbolic links
- Form : LN [<copy> [<original>]]
- Examples : LN C:\AUTO\MASTER.PRG D:\TOOLS\TOS\MASTER.PRG
- LN HARDDISK E:\
- LN \USR\INCLUDE\ D:\LANGUAGE\C\INCLUDE\
- LN @:\TEMP @:\TMP
- LN @:\PROG.RSC C:\RESOURCE\PROG.RSC
- LN HARDDISK
- LN
-
- LOCK --- write-protect a logical drive
- Form : LOCK {<drive>}
- Options : H : hard-lock (remove from drive list)
-
- MD or MKDIR --- create a new directory
- Form : (MD | MKDIR) <dirname> {<dirname>}
- Examples : MD C_FILES
- MKDIR TEST DOCUMENT COMPILER
- MD C_FILES\TEXTE
-
- MEMDUMP --- Hex- and ASCII-Dump of the main memory
- Form : MEMDUMP [<start> [<end>]]
- Examples : MEMDUMP
- MEMDUMP 70234
- MEMDUMP 4425 4475
-
- MENU --- display and execute popup-menus
- Form : MENU [<menuspec>]
- Syntax : <menuspec> == '['['#'<rows>] [<item>] {'|' <item>} ']'
- <item> == %<val>[<menuspec>]<string>
- Options : none
- Default : show the last menu defined
- Description : A PopUp-Menu is displayed. <menuspec> has the following
- form:
- [ : start a new (sub-)menu
- ] : finish menu
- | : seperates menu-entries
- #n : change maximal number of rows (default 5) to n
- %n : change return-value (Default: rank of the entry) to n
- The selected entry is returned in the ERR-variable when an
- entry is selected with a mouse-click. Submenus have to be
- specified first. '#' has a special meaning only immediately
- after '[' and '%' only after '[' or '|' (or the '#'-spec).
- Examples : MENU [#2%4[#1 Eins | Zwei | Drei] Vier |%5 Fuenf ]
- MENU
- SETENV DELIMITER | ; FILES -K; MENU [ $FILES ] ;
- SET value $? ;
- EVAL value 2 * 1 - ->value;
- CAR -${value}o FILES -> f ;
- MORE $f (show selected file)
-
- MODULE --- start a memory-resident Master-extension
- Form : MODULE [<filename>]
- Examples : MODULE popup (installs the MENU-function)
-
- MORE and PAGE --- show files in seperate pages
- Form : (PAGE | MORE) {<filespec>}
- Options : N : show filenames before file
- L : line numbers
- I : display image file
- Examples : MORE *.C
- PAGE MASTER.HLP TEST.DOC
-
- MV or MOVE --- copy files (source is renamed or deleted after copy)
- Form : (MOVE | MV) <source> {<source>} [<dest>]
- Options : O : overwrite existing files
- N : never overwrite files
- D : overwrite older files
- T : preserve time and date
- Y : show action, but do not move
- V : overwrite newer files
- I : ask for confirmation
- F : do not examine free space on target drive
- C : create missing target directory
-
- NORMAL --- output is black on white background; this is the default
- Form : NORMAL
- Options : K : restore Bios keybindings
-
- ON --- set handler for error condition
- Form : ON [ERROR] [!] "{command}"
- Description : ! sets global error handler (otherwise local to batch)
- "" disables processing
- OPEN --- open a file for sequential read or show all open streams
- Form : OPEN [[<stream>] <datei>]
- Examples : OPEN
- OPEN address.txt ;: streamname equals filename
- OPEN infile address.txt
- See Also : CLOSE, GETLINE
-
- PACK and UNPACK --- compress files and restore original contents
- Form : (PACK | UNPACK) <source> {<source>} [<dest>]
- Options : O : overwrite existing files
- N : never overwrite files
- D : overwrite older files
- M : remove source after successful (un)packing
- T : preserve time and date stamp
- V : overwrite newer files
- Y : show only action, but do not pack or unpack
- I : ask user before action
- C : create missing target directory
- Examples : PACK T.C T.PAK
- PACK *.PAS A:\PACK\
-
- PAUSE --- pause a batchjob
- Form : PAUSE
-
- PRINTF --- formatted output
- Form : PRINTF [formatstring {argument}]
- Examples : PRINTF "%-30s : %lx\n" text num
-
- PWD --- show default-directories on all drives
- Form : PWD
-
- QUIT --- leave one or more batchfiles and set error code
- Form : QUIT [<ret>]
- Options : <n> : leave <n> files
-
- RD or RMDIR --- removing of directories
- Form : (RD | RMDIR) <dirname> {<dirname>}
- Examples : RD C_FILES
- RD COMPILER TEXTE
-
- REM --- display text at the console
- Form : REM [<string>]
-
- REN or RENAME --- renaming of files
- Form : (REN | RENAME) <exactfile1> <exactfile2>
- See Also : MOVE, MV
-
- RESTORE --- restore saved state
- Form : RESTORE [<file>]
- Options : M : merge saved state
- N : do not overwrite existing definitions if merging
- G : restore global set vars
- Default : A:\MASTER\MASTER.SET
-
- REWIND --- reset the parameterlist at the starting point
- Form : REWIND
-
- RM or DELETE or ERA or ERASE or DEL --- remove files
- Form : (DEL | DELETE | ERA | ERASE | RM) {<filespec>}
- Options : I : ask for confirmation
- O : never ask
- Y : show action, but don't remove files
- Examples : RM B:\C_FILES\
- RM *.BAK *.HLP
- DEL -O
- ERA *.* -I
-
- RS232 --- show or set parameters of serial line
- Form : RS232 {<parameter> <value>}
-
- RS232 BAUD <b> :
- here <b> can be :
-
- 19200 600
- 9600 300
- 4800 200
- 3600 150
- 2400 134
- 2000 110
- 1800 75
- 1200 50
-
- ......................................
- RS232 PARITY <p>
- Here <p> can be :
-
- ODD
- EVEN
- NO
-
- ......................................
- RS232 BITS <b>
- here <b> can be :
-
- 5, 6, 7 or 8
-
- ......................................
- RS232 FRAME <f>
- here <f> can be :
-
- 0 - synchronous mode
- 1, 1.5 or 2 - asynchronous mode
-
- ......................................
- RS232 FLOW <f>
- here <f> can be :
-
- XON/XOFF - software - handshake
- RTS/CTS - hardware - handshake
- NO - no handshake
-
- ......................................
-
- SAVE --- save function-keys, aliases, links and variables (set and
- setenv)
- Form : SAVE [<file>]
- Options : G : save global set vars (used in batchfiles)
- Default : A:\MASTER\MASTER.SET
-
- SET and SETENV --- set local and global variables
- Form : SET [<variable> [<value>]]
- SETENV [<variable> [<value>]]
- Examples : SET OPTION -debug -nolist
- SETENV LINES 20 ! set maximal lines for MORE ...
- SET
- SETENV USERRED
- SET Lines $LINES
- SETENV
- SETENV UNIX 2 ! switch to extended unix-mode
-
- SET? --- is this (global/local) variable set ?
- Form : SET? variable
- Options : G : ask for global var only
- L : ask for local var only
-
- SHAREWARE --- Shareware-conditions for MASTER
- Fee : 50,- DM (private persons), 100,- DM (commercial users)
- To pay : on regular use of MASTER
- Addresses : Michael Naumann Edgar Greuter
- Am Sportplatz 22 Francoisstrasse 21
- D-W-6620 Völklingen D-W-6600 Saarbrücken
- E-Mail : michael@pingu.saar.sub.org, edgar@pingu.saar.sub.org
- Handbook : contains full description of all commands, many examples
- and tips, also on the interfaces to any program started
- from MASTER
-
- The MASTER versions later than 6.0 will be distributed as shareware,
- which means, that everybody can test the whole package of programs,
- give it away to anybody else. But if you use the shell on a regular
- basis, you have to pay a shareware-fee of 50.- DM (~30 US$).
- Registered users get an actual version of MASTER with their own
- serial number and the 120+ pages detailed handbook. Please tell us
- the serial number and version of this version of the program (both
- will be told upon start of MASTER on the screen). So we can give
- this registered user a bonus of 10.- DM for promoting the further
- distribution of MASTER.
-
- SHIFT --- shift parameter list of batchfiles
- Form : SHIFT
- Options : <n> : shift <n> positions
-
- SHOW --- display free bytes on disk or in memory
- Form : SHOW {<drive>}
- Options : M : free memory
- T : give totals for all drives
- V : verbose output
-
- SHRINK --- shrink available main memory
- Form : SHRINK
- Options : <n> : allocate <n> bytes more
- K : interpret <n> as kilobytes
- Examples : SHRINK -128K
-
- SLEEP --- interrupt execution for <n>/10 seconds
- Form : SLEEP <n>
-
- STATUS --- show status-variables of Master
- Form : STATUS
-
- TIME --- read or set the internal clock
- Form : TIME [<timestring> [<datestring>]]
- Options : S : display short format
- Examples : TIME 22:09
- TIME 6:03:20 7.2.87
-
- TOUCH --- update time and date stamp of files
- Form : TOUCH {<file>}
- Options : C : never create files
- I : ask user
- Examples : TOUCH *.C *.H ED.TTP
- TOUCH -C ! *.* or $DEFAULT as Default
- TOUCH -I *.C
-
- UNALIAS --- remove ALIASes
- Form : UNALIAS {<name>}
- Options : O : do not ask for confirmation
-
- UNLINK --- remove a LINK from the list of links
- Form : UNLINK {<link>}
- Options : O : don't ask for confirmation
-
- UNLOCK --- write-enable a logical drive
- Form : UNLOCK {<drive>}
- Options : O : do not ask for confirmation
- H : install in drive list
-
- UNSET and UNSETENV --- remove variables
- Form : UNSET {<variable>}
- UNSETENV {<variable>}
- Options : O : do not ask for confirmation
- Examples : UNSET OPTION
- UNSET klein
- UNSETENV WRAP
- UNSET
- UNSETENV
-
- VERSION --- show version numbers of Master and the operating system
- Form : VERSION
-
- WHICH --- show command associated with name (intern, alias, extern)
- Form : WHICH {<command>}
- Examples : WHICH test make ls foreach
- See Also : ALIAS
-
-
- ZCAT --- show compressed files
- Form : ZCAT {<filespec>}
- Examples : ZCAT FILE.PAK
- LS *.[CH] | ZCAT LS.PAK ;: this packs the output
-
- ---
- 000000 ALIAS
- 000429 ASK GET
- 000706 BEEP
- 000875 BYE EXIT
- 000979 CAR
- 001221 CAT TYPE
- 001671 CD
- 002022 CDR
- 002232 CHMOD
- 002887 CHRONO
- 002989 CLOSE
- 003214 CLS
- 003274 COMP
- 003547 CP COPY
- 004264 DATE
- 004445 DIFF
- 004688 DIR LS LL
- 005364 DIRS POPD PUSHD
- 005810 DUMP
- 006104 ELAPSED
- 006230 ERR
- 006333 EVAL
- 006564 EXPORT
- 006762 FILES
- 007290 FIND FGREP
- 007633 FORMAT
- 008042 FREE
- 008117 GETLINE
- 008351 GOTO
- 008536 GREP
- 010037 HELP
- 010261 HISTORY
- 010610 INVERSE
- 010699 JOBS
- 010950 KBD
- 011214 KEY
- 011485 KILL
- 011595 L25 L50
- 011697 LN
- 012030 LOCK
- 012175 MD MKDIR
- 012390 MEMDUMP
- 012605 MENU
- 013711 MODULE
- 013862 MORE PAGE
- 014140 MV MOVE
- 014610 NORMAL
- 014765 ON
- 014962 OPEN
- 015232 PACK UNPACK
- 015821 PAUSE
- 015891 PRINTF
- 016028 PWD
- 016118 QUIT
- 016262 RD RMDIR
- 016431 REM
- 016521 REN RENAME
- 016651 RESTORE
- 016902 REWIND
- 017002 RM DELETE ERA ERASE DEL
- 017357 RS232
- 018959 SAVE
- 019183 SET SETENV
- 019597 SET?
- 019772 SHAREWARE
- 020948 SHIFT
- 021076 SHOW
- 021269 SHRINK
- 021467 SLEEP
- 021563 STATUS
- 021649 TIME
- 021864 TOUCH
- 022145 UNALIAS
- 022270 UNLINK
- 022416 UNLOCK
- 022588 UNSET UNSETENV
- 022856 VERSION
- 022963 WHICH
- 023163 ZCAT
- 001185
-