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- Type (V1.3, 2.x, 3.x in C:)
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- NAME
- Type - Type a file, possibly with line numbers or in
- hex.
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- SYNOPSIS
- Type [FROM] fromname [[TO] toname]
- [OPT N=NUMBER / OPT H=HEX]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Type displays a file on the current window, or, if a
- TO argument is supplied, to a file. With the 2.3/3.x
- version of Type, you can type many files with one TYPE
- command, and use wildcards as well. Note that due to
- this enhancement of Type it is possible to dispense with
- Join, since Type can do Join's job as well as its own.
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- Although you can view a file with Type, you are also
- able to copy a file with it. It can format its output as
- hex number or include line numbers at the beginning of
- each line.
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- If you use Type without a filename, it will read from
- its standard input. This allows you to use Type in a
- pipeline, or to send keyboard input to a device (such as
- a printer) or a file. To terminate an interactive session
- with Type, use Ctrl-\. To pause the output hit the space
- bar. Resume the output by pressing the Ctrl-x. The output
- may be cancelled with the Ctrl-C.
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- OPTIONS
- FROM fromname
- The name of the file you want displayed. Fromname can
- be any valid Amiga file. The FROM keyword is optional if
- the fromname immediatly follows the command. 2.x/3.x lets
- you TYPE many files.
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- NOTE: ONLY 'OPT N' OR 'OPT H' MAY BE SPECIFIED ONE AT
- A TIME NOT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
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- HEX or OPT H
- This displays the file(s) in hexadecimal.
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- NUMBER or OPT N
- This displays the file(s) with line numbers. AmigaDOS
- will treat any number of characters within a file ending
- with a linefeed as one line.
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- TO file
- The TO option lets you select a destination file
- instead of typing to the console. Note that with the
- 2.x/3.x TYPE, you must explicitly specify the TO keyword,
- unlike the 1.3 TYPE. Under 2.x/3.x a second filename will
- be presumed to be another fromname if the TO keyword is
- not specified. Since 1.3 cannot display multiple files
- with one TYPE command then the TO keyword isn't needed if
- the toname directly follows the fromname.
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- If TO is not specified, the TYPE is output to the
- screen. toname may be any kind of AmigaDOS file or device
- (such as prt:). It cannot be a directory, however. If you
- specify a directory with something in it, TYPE will fail.
- If toname is an empty directory then the directory will
- be deleted and replaced with the typed file.
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- EXAMPLE
- 1. To Type a binary file in hex.
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- Type WORK:ThisFile.bin OPT H
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- 2. To Type the contents of a text file to the screen:
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- Type this.txt
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- 3. To copy a file named this.txt to another directory:
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- Type Work:Docs/this.txt Work:MoreDocs/this.txt
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- 4. Dump a text file to the printer with line numbers:
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- Type Work:this.txt to PRT: Opt N
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