About the specifications

In this chapter, each command is explained following a standard outline:

FORMAT: All the arguments and options the command accepts. Arguments that must be provided are printed like argument. Optional arguments and keywords are surrounded by square brackets, []. Items that can be given once or repeated any number of times are surrounded by braces, like {argument}. Finally, a vertical bar, |, is used to separate items of which you can choose only one.
Please note that the brackets are not to be typed as part of the command.
TEMPLATE: A reminder of the command's format. If you type a command followed by a question mark, the template will appear on the screen.
PURPOSE: A brief explanation of the command's function.
SPECIFICATION: A concise description of the command and all of its arguments.
EXAMPLE(S): One or more examples showing the use of the command. The command and any screen output are indented from the main text. A generic 1> prompt indicates what should be typed at the shell prompt.
SEE ALSO: A list of related commands. This can include the standard AmigaDOS commands documented in for example ``The AmigaDOS Manual'', 3rd. Edition, Bantam Books, 1991 and the ``Using The System Software'' manual distributed with Release 2.04.
UNIX EQUIVALENT: Simply tells you where I got the inspiration from. It points you to the relevant entry in the UNIX SYSTEM V manuals.

There may be other fields as well, but they are pretty self-explanatory.

For a more complete description of how to use the templates and how to use patterns to match file names, please refer to the aforementioned books on AmigaDOS.

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Common(V37)}{Release 2$\bet... ...e, prepare, sort, unique} \subtitle*{UNIX EQUIVALENT} comm(BU_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Compare(V37)}{Release 2$\be... ...le*{SEE ALSO} {\sc common} \subtitle*{UNIX EQUIVALENT} cmp(BU_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Concat(V37)}{Release 2$\bet... ...pecified. \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc copy, join, more, split, type} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Copyright(V37)}{Release 2$\... ...pyright message can't be found. \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc version} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Count(V37)}{Release 2$\beta... ...d on the command line, they will be printed along with the counts. \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{DirTree(V37)}{Release 2$\be... ...links causes weird behaviour. \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc dir, list} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Find(V37)}{Release 2$\beta$... ...System Software'' manual. \subtitle*{UNIX EQUIVALENT} find(BU_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Head(V37)}{Release 2$\beta$... ... {\sc concat, tail, type} \subtitle*{UNIX EQUIVALENT} head(BU_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Lower(V37)}{Release 2$\beta... ...getaskpri, stack, status} \subtitle*{UNIX EQUIVALENT} nice(AS_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Prepare(V37)}{Release 2$\be... ...ndy Finkel's {\sc pipe} command. Use temporary files if you don't. \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{SCD(V37)}{Release 2$\beta$}... ... not be what you expect. \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc cd, find, list} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Split(V37)}{Release 2$\beta... ...file system, sigh!). \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc concat, join, type} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{SplitName(V37)}{Release 2$\... ...se BASE mybase\end{verbatim} \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc set, unset} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Tee(V37)}{Release 2$\beta$}... ...e output to be appended to the files rather than overwriting them. \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{TestBits(V37)}{Release 2$\b... ...script ENDIF\end{verbatim} \subtitle*{SEE ALSO} {\sc if, protect} \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{TimeCom(V37)}{Release 2$\be... ... came from the much more powerful {\sc unix} command timex(AS_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Unique(V37)}{Release 2$\bet... ...nger than 512 characters. \subtitle*{UNIX EQUIVALENT} uniq(BU_CMD) \end{manpage}$

$\begin{manpage}{(Torsten's AmigaDOS Shell Commands)}{Usage(V37)}{Release 2$\beta... ...orrectly high estimate. Soft links are completely ignored for now. \end{manpage}$