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\__//// USER MANUAL
- Release : 22-Nov-93
Copyright ©1991-1993 Chris P. Vandierendonck, [AmiSYS].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright Notice
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PARex
is released as
SHAREWARE
, not excluding the copyright and
all other rights, which remain with the author Chris P.
Vandierendonck. If you use
PARex
then you must pay the shareware
fee and register.
Prior written permission from the author is required to
distribute
PARex
and to use
PARex
in commercial releases, on
shareware disks, coverdisks or diskmagazines. When distributed,
all files must be kept together, in their original unmodified
form.
(AmigaDOS and Workbench are trademarks of Commodore Amiga Inc.)
Disclaimer
~~~~~~~~~~
PARex
is provided "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY to its quality,
performance or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event
shall the author be liable or responsible to the user or any
other person, for any kind of damage caused by the use of this
software.
Shareware registration, suggestions, remarks and bug reports
about this program can be send to the following address :
Chris Vandierendonck
Koning Albertstraat 188
B-8210 VELDEGEM
BELGIUM
SHAREWARE information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This DEMO version of
PARex
only processes the first 4096 bytes
of the source file!! To receive the unlimited version you must
pay the
shareware fee
of 15 US dollars (DEM 20 or GBP 10). The
ModulaII source code is also available, see the "RegForm" for
more info.
If possible, use a printout of the '
RegForm
' file to register.
Send this form along with the shareware fee to the above
address. You can send the money in cash (fastest and cheapest
way), or by (international) money order payable to Chris
Vandierendonck. (DO NOT send bankcheques, since they are too
expensive to clear!)
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 1
Preface
~~~~~~~
PARex
is a program to replace certain strings in a file. The
result can be saved to any file, or back to the source file.
PARex
takes its replace data from the command line or from a
script file (here an unlimited number of replace strings can be
defined). Generally
PARex
will be used on text files, but binary
files can also be processed.
The power of
PARex
is found in its data script. Here you can
define as many replace strings as you want. By which strings
they should be replaced, can depend on commands used on the
command line. You can divide the script into several parts,
which can then be selected at startup.
PARex
can be used to replace strings in (text)files, strip
comments from source code, convert files between different
computer systems, discard all print control sequences from a
text file, convert an AmigaGuide file to a normal textfile,
etc...
PARex
is reentrant, so it can be made resident. During execution
you can terminate
PARex
by pressing 'CTRL-C'.
System Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PARex
requires AmigaDOS v1.2 or higher to "perform".
Program Usage
(Shell/CLI only)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
("?" gets the program format, and "©" the program's copyright and
version.)
[[FROM] <file|dir|pat>] [[TO] <file|dir>] [CONVERT] [PRT|PAR|SER]
[NOSCRIPT] [SCRIPT <file[.pxs]>] [GLOBAL] [MODE <name|pat]>] [ALL]
[READ <#bytes>] [TOUCH <#bytes>] [BUFFER <#bytes>] [LOAD] [STAT]
[HEXDUMP [<fmtstr>]] [CASECHECK] [UCASE] [LCASE] [TRACE] [SILENT]
[NOVERSION]
[WHEN <name|pat>] [CAP|DECAP] [WILD] [CONTEXT] [NEST] [FIT] [ZERO]
[MINSIZE <#bytes>] [MAXSIZE <#bytes>] [LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0.255>]
[TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>] [WORD]
[[{] INIT <str> [<cmds> }]] [[{] CLOSE <str> [<cmds> }]]
[[{] REPL <str> BY <str> [<cmds> }]] [[{] CAP <str> [<cmds> }]]
[[{] STRIP <str> TO <str> [<cmds> }]] [[{] DECAP <str> [<cmds> }]]
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Source and destination file ................................ 3
1.1. Source file/directory ................................. 3
1.2. Destination file/directory ............................ 3
1.3. Advanced options ...................................... 5
1.3.1. Reading part of the source file ................ 5
1.3.2. Writing directly into the source file .......... 5
1.3.3. Buffer sizing .................................. 6
2. Global converting options .................................. 7
2.1. Hexadecimal output .................................... 7
2.2. Case conversion ....................................... 8
3. Program information ........................................ 9
3.1. Before processing ..................................... 9
3.2. During processing ..................................... 9
3.3. After processing ...................................... 9
3.4. Suppressing information ............................... 10
4. Main replace commands ...................................... 11
4.1. INIT : inserting a string at the beginning of a file . 11
4.2. CLOSE : adding a string to the end of a file .......... 12
4.3. REPL : replacing one string by another ............... 12
4.4. STRIP : removing characters between two strings ....... 13
4.5. CAP : putting found string in upper case ............ 14
4.6. DECAP : putting found string in lower case ............ 14
4.7. Formatting of the searchStr and replStr ............... 14
5. Search control ............................................. 17
5.1. Case-sensitive searching .............................. 17
5.2. Wildcard searching .................................... 17
5.3. Context remembering ................................... 18
5.4. Word-only searching ................................... 19
6. Program variables .......................................... 20
6.1. PARex information ..................................... 20
6.2. Inserting files ....................................... 20
6.3. Inserting date and time ............................... 21
6.4. Inserting path and name of source & destination file .. 22
7. Using PARex data scripts ................................... 23
7.1. Setting up scripts .................................... 23
7.2. Script commands ....................................... 23
7.3. Script options ........................................ 24
8. Additional sub-commands .................................... 26
8.1. Limit replacing ....................................... 26
8.2. Defining the size of the replace string ............... 26
8.3. Case conversion ....................................... 28
8.4. Making sub-commands to work on all main-commands ...... 28
9. Option reference ........................................... 29
10. Command reference ......................................... 30
10.1. Main commands ....................................... 30
10.2. Sub-Commands ........................................ 30
10.3. Script Commands ..................................... 30
11. Variables ................................................. 31
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 3
1.
Source and destination file.
1.1.
Source file/directory.
Option
:
[FROM] <file|dir|pattern>
» This is the file to be converted. You can also specify a
directory, which implicates that all files of that directory
will be processed. If you don't give a source
file/directory, then
PARex
will process all files in the
current directory!
» A pattern can be given in order to only process certain file
of a given directory or of the current directory. The
following wildcards are supported : "#", "?", "*" (same as
"#?"), "'" and "|" (refer to your Amiga systemsoftware
manual for more information on these wildcards).
| 'PARex RAM:T/*.doc|*.txt' -> only process files in the
| "RAM:T" directory with the ".doc" or ".txt" suffix.
» The FROM keyword is optional.
!! » If no source file is given, then PARex will process all
files of the current directory!
NOTE
: the source files can be plain text files, as well as
binary files, such as programs.
1.2.
Destination file/directory.
WARNING
: only one of the following destination options can be
used.
Option
:
[TO] <file|dir>
» This is the destination (target) file. It's the result of
the converting process. As with the source file, you
can also specify a directory in which to save the converted
files.
» If no target file/directory is given (and [CONVERT] or
[TOUCH] isn't used), then the target file(s) will have the
same name as the source file(s) except for the ".prx"
suffix.
!! » The TO keyword is optional, provided a source name has been
given before this option.
NOTE
: the file attributes (protection flags) of the
sourcefile(s) are preserved. In other words the
destination file(s) have the same file attributes as
their source file.
TIP
: use "*" to output processed file to the Shell window.
| ' PARex RAM:source * '
| Will dump the RAM:source file to the Shell window.
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 4
Option
:
CONVERT
» With this option the source itself will be converted. To do
this
PARex
works as follows, first the results are saved to
a new file. When the processing is finished, the source file
is deleted and the newly created file is renamed as the old
source file.
» Since
PARex
works in this way, you can safely terminate the
converting process with CTRL-C. Your original source file
will still be intact!
Option
:
PRT|PAR|SER
» One of these option keywords sends the output to the
printer: - PRT uses "PRT:" to output;
- PAR uses "PAR:" to output;
- SER uses "SER:" to output.
» You must use one of the last two if your text contains raw
printer commands, which only your printer understands.
1.3.
Advanced options.
The options discussed in the following points, are intended for
more advanced users, who know what they're doing.
1.3.1.
Reading part of the source file.
Option
:
READ <# bytes>
» The READ option forces
PARex
to only process the given
number of bytes of the source file.
| ' PARex RAM:source READ 500 REPL a BY b '
| In this case PARex will only read 500 bytes of the
| source file 'RAM:source', convert all a's to b's, and
| write the result to 'RAM:source.prx'.
WARNING:
don't ever use an option which writes back to the
source file, unless you know what you're doing. The
rest of your source file will definitely be lost!
1.3.2.
Writing directly into to the source file.
Option
:
TOUCH <# bytes>
» This option is intended to convert only a small section at
the beginning of a large file, without having to process the
whole file.
PARex
will read the given number of bytes,
process them, and write back the same amount of bytes!
| ' PARex RAM:source TOUCH 500 REPL a BY b '
| In this case PARex will read 500 bytes from the source
| file, convert all a's to b's and write exactly 500
| bytes back to the source file! This means, that all a's
| in the first 500 bytes of the file will be b's now,
| while the rest still remain a's.
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 5
» An example of the use of the TOUCH option can be found in
the program script "
AutoVERS
". This script was written to
install a header at the beginning of a source file
(ModulaII, Oberon, C, Assembler, ARexx or AmigaDOS). Before
each compilation of the source file,
AutoVERS
can then be
called again to update the header.
NOTE:
PARex will always write the same amount of bytes back to
the source file, as it has read in the first place!
WARNING:
only use this option if you really know what PARex is
going to do!
1.3.3.
Buffer sizing.
Option
:
BUFFER <# bytes>
» By default, PARex uses 4096 bytes for each buffer it needs.
With this option one can enlarge the size of these buffers,
as far as memory allows you to. If you're a harddisk user
then this option really doesn't speed up processing.
» If PARex can't allocate the desired size, then it will fall
back to the default size of 4096 bytes.
» The following buffers are affected :
- the read buffer (stores source file; always present)
- the write buffer (only used if replace commands are used)
- the hexdump write buffer (only used if HEXDUMP is used)
- the insert file buffer (only used if &FILE:& is used)
- the context buffer (only used if CONTEXT is used)
Option
:
[LOAD]
» This option forces PARex to load the entire source file into
memory, and thus to speed up the processing in case of large
files. If memory doesn't allow this, then PARex will fall
back on the default buffer size.
NOTE
: Using this option is recommended for floppy disk users,
and certainly when wildcard searching is needed.
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 6
2.
Global converting options.
2.1.
Hexadecimal output.
Option
:
HEXDUMP [<fmtstr>]
» Using this option will result in a hexadecimal
representation of the processed file. You can do everything
as if HEXDUMP wasn't used, since
PARex
will only save the
processed bytes in a hexadecimal text just before it saves
them to the destination file.
» If no format string is given, then the (default) hexadecimal
output will look something like this:
00000000: E3100001 00000000 001B000F 004D0012 㤤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤M¤¤
00000010: 00060003 000107C6 DF0007C6 E1080000 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤Æߤ¤Æᤤ¤
00000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
00000030: 01180000 00000000 00000000 00170000 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
00000040: 000707C6 98A00000 00000000 00000000 ¤¤¤Æ¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
00000050: 0015016A 003FFFFF 00000000 0200127F ¤¤¤j¤?ÿÿ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
00000060: 0029AEF2 00000000 0026115C 00000000 ¤)®ò¤¤¤¤¤&¤\¤¤¤¤
...
» One can change the format of this output by defining a
formatstring, using the following codes:
%Px : byte position, where x is the width [1..8]
%Bx : byte value where 'x' is number of bytes on one line
%Wx : word value where 'x' is number of words on one line
%Lx : long value where 'x' is number of longwords on one
line
%Ax : ASCII text, where 'x' is the value of the character
used to represent non-printable characters
NOTE
: the value 'x' can be given in decimal (can be
introduced by "\d"), in hexadecimal (introduced with
"\x") or in octal (introduced with "\o") notation!
NOTE
: the formatting codes are interpreted case-sensitive!
» The used default format looks like : "%P8: %L4 %A\d164"
» A format string like "%W5 \"%A\d186\" :%P4" would give the
following output:
E310 0001 0000 0000 001B "㺺ººººººº" :0000
000F 004D 0012 0006 0003 "ºººMºººººº" :000A
0001 07C6 DF00 07C6 E108 "ºººÆߺºÆáº" :0014
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 "ºººººººººº" :001E
0000 0000 0000 0001 0118 "ºººººººººº" :0028
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 "ºººººººººº" :0032
0017 0000 0007 07C6 98A0 "ºººººººÆº " :003C
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 "ºººººººººº" :0046
0015 016A 003F FFFF 0000 "ºººjº?ÿÿºº" :0050
...
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 7
2.2.
Case conversion.
The following two options affect all bytes saved to a file.
Option
:
UCASE
» This option will convert all bytes to upper case characters.
Option
:
LCASE
» This option will convert all bytes to lower case characters.
WARNING
: don't use these options on binary files, since not only
text will be affected, but also the programming code!
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 8
3.
Program information.
3.1.
Before processing.
Before
PARex
starts processing a file, it prints the following
information :
- name of the used PARex script (<none> if none used);
- name of the used script mode(s) (<none> if none used);
- 'GLOBAL' if the GLOBAL mode was also used;
- number of replace commands used (0..x);
- 'I' if a INIT command is used;
- 'C' if a CLOSE command is used.
Maybe this information seems a bit strange to you now, but later
everything will become clear.
3.2.
During processing.
Option
:
TRACE
» By default
PARex
doesn't output any information during
processing of the source file. Using this option will force
PARex
to output how many percent of the source file already
has been processed.
TIP
: using TRACE will keep your mind at rest, seeing that
PARex
is doing some heavy duty for you!
NOTE
: most of the program scripts supplied in the
"ParexScripts" directory use the TRACE option.
3.3.
After processing.
After
PARex
has finished with processing the source file, the
following information is given:
- number of bytes used by the destination file;
- number of replacements done on the file.
Option
:
STAT
» Users who want more detailed information can use this
option. The following information is then given:
* General info:
- number of ticks and seconds PARex needed;
- size of the source and the destination file, as well
as the difference between the two sizes.
* Command info:
- number of REPL commands used, and percentage of the
total number of replacements;
- number of STRIP commands used, and percentage of total;
- number of CAP commands used, and percentage of total;
- number of DECAP commands used, and percentage of total.
* Variable info:
- number of &FILE& variables used;
- number of &TIME& variables used;
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 9
- number of &SRCPATH& variables used;
- number of &SRCNAME& variables used;
- number of &DSTPATH& variables used;
- number of &DSTNAME& variables used.
3.4.
Suppressing information.
Option
:
NOVERSION
» Suppresses the output of the programs copyright and version
prompt.
Option
:
SILENT
» All program messages are suppressed when this option is
selected. In other words, TRACE or STAT won't work.
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 10
4.
Main replace commands.
Currently
PARex
supports several replace commands. But before we
start with explaining them some words on used terms:
-
main command
: refers to the following replace commands: INIT,
CLOSE, REPL, STRIP, CAP, DECAP.
As many of these commands can be used on the
command line as AmigaDOS allows. If you need to
use many commands than it's better to create a
PARex script, which may contain as many as you
need. When no replace commands are used, then
PARex
will just copy the source file!
NOTE
: the order in which you enter different
replace commands is important, since PARex
will always start searching with the first
one, then the second, and so on. The
replace commands entered on the command
line, are used before the ones in the data
scripts! In other words, first found is
first served! This hierarchy doesn't apply
to INIT and CLOSE.
-
sub command
: a command that can only be used in relation with
a main command. A sub-command redirects the
working of the main command. These commands are
explained throughout this manual.
NOTE
: as a general rule, always enclose the
main-command and its sub-commands between
curly brackets ("{" & "}") if you use
them on the command line.
-
searchStr
: the string (text or other) PARex has to find.
-
replStr
: the string which comes in the place of the
searchStr. The replStr can also be an empty
string, which is then defined as ' "" '!
When describing the main commands, examples will be given where
the searchStr and/or the replStr will contain strange codes. These
codes are later explained in point 4.7.
4.1.
INIT : inserting a string at the beginning of a file.
Command
:
INIT <str>
» This command will put the <str> at the very beginning of the
destination file. Only when this string has been written
will
PARex
commence with the actual processing of the source
file.
| ' PARex ram:source INIT "I will be the first line!" '
| The ram:source.prx (destination) file will be the same
| as the source file, except that the given string will be
| the first line.
NOTE
: this command is only used once!
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 11
WARNING
: when this command is used on the command line, then
any such commands in a used data script are ignored.
Sub-cmds
:
[CAP|DECAP] [MINSIZE <# bytes>] [MAXSIZE <# bytes>]
[LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>]
4.2.
CLOSE : adding a string to the end of a file.
Command
:
CLOSE <str>
» This command will append the <str> at the end of the
destination file. Thus only after
PARex
has finished with
the source file, will this string be written.
| ' PARex ram:source PRT CLOSE \f '
| After the source file has been send to the printed, a
| page-eject code will be send.
NOTE
: this command is only used once!
WARNING
: when this command is used on the command line, then
any such commands in a used data script are ignored.
Sub-cmds
:
[CAP|DECAP] [MINSIZE <# bytes>] [MAXSIZE <# bytes>]
[LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>]
4.3.
REPL : replacing one string by another.
Command
:
REPL <str> BY <str>
» This command searches for the first <str>, and if found,
replaces it with the second <str>.
| ' PARex ram:source REPL hello BY hi '
| All "hello" strings will be replaced by hi. Note that
| "hello" is search non-case sensitive here. If you only
| want to replace "hello" and not "HeLLo" for example,
| then use the CASECHECK option.
Sub-cmds
:
[OR <str> WHEN <name>] [WILD] [WORD] [CONTEXT]
[TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>] [CASE] [NOCASE]
[FIXCASE] [CAP|DECAP] [FIT] [ZERO]
[MINSIZE <# bytes>] [MAXSIZE <# bytes>]
[LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>]
Sub-cmd
:
OR <str> WHEN <name>
» This sub-command is only of use when the REPL is used in a
script (see chapter 7 on the use of scripts). It enables us
to define two replStr's. The second replStr, which is the
<str> after the OR keyword, will only be used (instead of
the first <str>), if the name given with the WHEN (command
line) option, matches the WHEN name of this sub-command.
Look at the program format again, which was printed at the
beginning of this manual. There you'll see the following
option:
[WHEN <name|pattern>]
. It's with this option that we
can decide if we're going to use the second replStr. We do
this by entering a name, or a pattern. This name is then
compared with the name given in the WHEN sub-command. If
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 12
they match then the second replStr is used, if not, the
first is used.
| ' REPL hello BY hi OR bye WHEN quit '
| If we just use ' PARex ram:source ' then "hello" will be
| replace by "hi".
| But if we use ' PARex ram:source WHEN quit ', then
| "hello" will be replaced by "bye" and not by "hi"!
NOTE
: only the WHEN option name may be a pattern, not the name
in the sub-command!
4.4.
STRIP : removing characters between two strings.
Command
:
STRIP [+|-]<str> TO [+|-]<str>
» This command is used to discard all characters between the
two given strings, including the strings themselves. The
most common use for this command is the stripping of
comments in source files. Note that both string arguments of
the STRIP command are searchstrings.
| ' PARex ram:source { STRIP /* TO */ } '
| This will remove all C-comments from the ram:source
| file. Note that this doesn't catch nested comments, and
| can therefore result in stripping non-comment text! But
| a sub-command is provided to solve this problem!
» If you don't want to strip the searchstrings themselves then
you must type a minus sign (-) before the searchstring.
| ' STRIP -/* TO */ ' will strip the text between "/*" and
| "*/", including the last "*/" string. The first string
| "/*" isn't stripped!
If a searchStr should begin with a minus sign, then you must
type a minus sign (-) first if you want to keep the
searchStr after stripping, or a plus sign (+) if you don't
want to keep it.
| ' STRIP +-[ TO --] ' The first string "-[" will be
| stripped, but the second string "-]" will be kept.
Sub-cmds
:
[NEST] [WILD] [WORD] [TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>]
[AFTER <#>] [CASE] [NOCASE] [FIXCASE] [CAP|DECAP]
Sub-cmd
:
NEST
» As mentioned earlier, the bare STRIP command doesn't account
for nested comments. Some languages don't allow nested
comments, such as assemblers or even AmigaDOS. Here all text
after the semi-colon (";") upto the end-of-line character is
regarded as a comment. But most programming languages allow
nested comments. The NEST sub-command is used to strip
nested comments from source files, without harming the
actual source.
| ' PARex ram:source { STRIP /* TO */ NEST } '
| Does the same as the previous example, but now without
| the risque of losing valuable source code.
PARex v3.0x User Manual - Page 13
RULE
: if a programming language allows nested comments, then
always use the NEST sub-command! This is the case with
ModulaII, Oberon, C and even ARexx scripts.
4.5.
CAP : putting found string in upper case.
Command
:
CAP <str>
» This command will put the found searchStr in upper case
characters.
| ' PARex ram:source LOAD { CAP p#?x WILD } '
| This will put all text which matches the "p#?x" pattern
| in upper case.
Sub-cmds
:
[WILD] [WORD] [TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>]
[CASE] [NOCASE] [FIXCASE]
4.6.
DECAP : putting found string in lower case.
Command
:
DECAP <str>
» This command will put the found searchStr in upper case
characters.
| ' PARex ram:source LOAD { CAP p#?x WILD } '
| This will put all text which matches the "p#?x" pattern
| in upper case.
Sub-cmds
:
[WILD] [WORD] [TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>]
[CASE] [NOCASE] [FIXCASE]
4.7.
Formatting of the searchStr and replStr.
» Always enclose the string between double quotation marks if it
contains spaces, or if it begins with a semi-colon!
| "Hello there"
| If no quotation marks would be used, then
PARex
will see two
| strings, instead of one.
» In some cases the datastring will have to contain
double
quotation marks
. In order to introduce such a double quotation
mark in your datastring you must enter a backslash followed by
the quotation mark (\").
| REPL \e[2\"z BY NLQ_on
| This command will search for the nlq printer control
| sequence ( ESC[2"z ) and replace it with "NLQ_on" if found.
» Besides the double quotation mark
PARex
supports
other
special
characters
(they're all introduced by a backslash '\') :
\0 : null
\e : ESCape
\n : new line
\t : horizontal tab
\v : vertical tab
\f : form feed
\r : return
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\b : backspace
\" : double quotation mark
\\ : backslash
\& : ampersand
» All the
CTRL-codes
in the ASCII range 0..31 are also
supported. Below is a table of the codes and their name :
CODE CHARACTER DEC DESCRIPTION
---- ---------- --- -----------
\c@ CTRL-@ 0 NUL (null)
\cA CTRL-A 1 SOH (start of heading)
\cB CTRL-B 2 STX (start of text)
\cC CTRL-C 3 ETX (end of text; break)
\cD CTRL-D 4 EOT (end of transmission)
\cE CTRL-E 5 ENQ (enquiry)
\cF CTRL-F 6 ACK (acknowledge)
\cG CTRL-G 7 BEL (beep)
\cH CTRL-H 8 BS (backspace)
\cI CTRL-I 9 HT (horizontal tabulation)
\cJ CTRL-J 10 LF (line feed)
\cK CTRL-K 11 VT (vertical tabulation)
\cL CTRL-L 12 FF (form feed)
\cM CTRL-M 13 CR (carriage return)
\cN CTRL-N 14 SO (shift out)
\cO CTRL-O 15 SI (shift in)
\cP CTRL-P 16 DLE (data link escape)
\cQ CTRL-Q 17 DC1 (device control 1 or X-ON)
\cR CTRL-R 18 DC2 (device control 2)
\cS CTRL-S 19 DC3 (device control 3 or X-OFF)
\cT CTRL-T 20 DC4 (device control 4)
\cU CTRL-U 21 NAK (negative acknowledge)
\cV CTRL-V 22 SYN (synchronous idle)
\cW CTRL-W 23 ETB (end of transmission block)
\cX CTRL-X 24 CAN (cancel)
\cY CTRL-Y 25 EM (end of medium)
\cZ CTRL-Z 26 SUB (substitute)
\c[ CTRL-[ 27 ESC (escape)
\c\ CTRL-\ 28 FS (file separator)
\c] CTRL-] 29 GS (group separator)
\c^ CTRL-^ 30 RS (record separator)
\c_ CTRL-_ 31 US (unit separator)
» All
ASCII-codes
[0..255] can also be inserted by using their
ASCII value. This value can be in decimal, octal or
hexadecimal. To introduce an ASCII value you must us the
following :
\d# : decimal value, where # is a number in the 0..255 range.
The value can have no more than 3 characters.
\o# : octal value, where # is a number in the 0..377 range.
The value can no more than 3 characters.
\x# : hexadecimal value, where # is a number in the 0..FF
range. The value can have no more than 2 characters.
NOTE
: preceding zeros aren't needed, unless
PARex
could
interprete a character of the string as part of the
number. If this is the case then your value must have the
maximum character width.
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| '\d94 wheels' -> interpreted as '^ wheels' ('^' has
| ASCII-value 94)
| '\d0094 wheels' -> interpreted as TAB+'4 wheels' (TAB
| has ASCII-value 9)
»
Strings for binary files
When processing binary files, like programs,..., most strings
are C-strings. This means that at the end of the string a NULL
character (ASCII 0) is found. The strings aren't C-strings,
since plain text files don't include NULL codes.
In order to make sure that the replace string is NULL
terminated, you must include such a code when defining the
string. (Assuming that the search string is also NULL
terminated.)
| Assume we are processing a program, and at a certain time
| it prints "string".
| 'REPL string BY STR' -> the program will print "STRing",
| which wasn't our intention.
| 'REPL string BY STR\o' -> now the program will print
| "STR" ('\o' inserts a NULL code).
Suppose the string to search is found two times in the file,
once NULL terminated and once not. If you only want to replace
the NULL terminated one, then you must also include a NULL code
when defining your search string.
| Assume we have two strings in a program : "string\o" and
| "this string of \o"
| 'REPL string\o BY STR\o' -> after replacing we will have
| "STR\o" and "this string of\o"
| 'REPL string BY STR\o' -> after replacing we will have
| "STR\o" and "this STR\o"
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5.
Search control.
5.1.
Case-sensitive searching.
Option
:
CASECHECK
» By default,
PARex
uses a non-case sensitive search. Using
this option forces the program to search case-sensitive.
This option has effect on all main commands!
| default : "hello" = "HeLLo", "heLLO", "HELLO", ...
| CASECHECK: "hello" only equals "hello"
NOTE
: in previous versions, this option was called 'CASE'!
Sub-cmd
:
CASE
» With this sub-command you can make a main-command to search
case-sensitive. All other main-commands won't be affected by
this.
| 'PARex ram:src { REPL aa BY bb CASE } { REPL cc BY dd }'
| This will replace two strings, the first string (aa) is
| searched case-sensitive, while the second string (cc) is
| searched non-case-sensitive!
Sub-cmd
:
NOCASE
» The same as CASE, but now to make the main-command search
non-case sensitive.
NOTE
: using the CASECHECK option, which works on all main-
commands, will override this sub-command!
Sub-cmd
:
FIXCASE
» Using program options, such as CASECHECK, can override the
effect of CASE and NOCASE sub-commands. To prevent this from
happening, you must use the FIXCASE sub-command.
| { REPL aa BY bb NOCASE } : searches non-case sensitive.
| If you would use CASECHECK, then PARex would start to
| search case-sensitive again. Using FIXCASE will make
| sure that PARex keeps searching non-case sensitive with
| this command: { REPL aa BY bb NOCASE FIXCASE }.
5.2.
Wildcard searching.
Sub-cmd
:
WILD
» By default
PARex
will interprete the searchStr literally. In
some cases, it's more useful to search with wildcards. The
following wildcards are supported by
PARex
:
- "#" : the character following occurs none or more times.
- "?" : represents one character.
- "*" : this is the true wildcard, and is equal to "#?".
Note that if you use "#?",
PARex
will translate it
into "*".
- "'" : interprete the character following as a normal
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character, and not as a wildcard character.
- "|" : allows defining of several patterns in one string.
!! » In order for a main-command to use these wildcards, you must
add the sub-command WILD to it, else the wildcards would be
interpreted as normal characters.
| ' PARex ram:src { REPL h#?o BY hi WILD } '
| Will replace all strings that fall under the pattern
| "h#?o". So "hello", "ho" or "help me to" would be
| replaced by "hi".
WARNING
: when doing wildcard searching, it's recommended to use
the LOAD option, especially with "#?" or "*" wildcards
since these can otherwise give wrong results.
NOTE
: you can use the supplied WildPARex program to experiment
with the use of wildcards.
Usage
: REPL <
STR
> BY <str> / STRIP <
STR
> TO <
STR
>
CAP <
STR
> / DECAP <
STR
>
5.3.
Context remembering.
Sub-cmd
:
CONTEXT
» In some cases it could be interesting to save some
characters which fall under the searchStr, in order to use
them again in the replStr. The CONTEXT sub-command makes
this reality. Worth mentioning is the fact that this sub-
command will automatically set the WILD sub-command too.
» Upto twenty contexts can be remembered, for a total of upto
4096 bytes. When the BUFFER option was used, then this
buffer will also be enlarged.
» The following codes are used to define a context in the
searchStr :
- the opening curly bracket ("{") to open a context;
- the closing curly bracket ("}") to close a context.
All characters that fall between these curly brackets will
be remembered.
| ' h{#?}o ' would remember "ell" if "hello" was found,
| or "elp this t" when "help this to" was found...
Any wildcards or characters can be used between these
context codes. An empty context like "{}" is translated to
"{#?}" by PARex.
| Some examples: {p#?x}, p{#A??}x, pa{#?#x}, p{}x, ...
» To insert the saved characters in the replStr, you type the
two curly brackets at the desired place, thus "{}". Every
"{}" in the replStr corresponds to the defined context in
the searchStr. Thus the second "{}" in the replStr will
insert the characters which were saved in the second context
of the searchStr.
| the replStr "H{}I" would be like "HellI" if "ell" was
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| remembered, and like "Help this tI" if "elp this t" was
| remembered...
| ' PARex ram:src { REPL "PROCEDURE {#?}\n" BY "ROUTINE
| {}\n ' would convert "PROCEDURE Print(str: ARRAY OF
| CHAR)\n" TO "ROUTINE Print(str: ARRAY OF CHAR)\n"; ...
» If you want to insert a curly bracket as a normal text
character, and not as a context code, you must preceed it by
the literal wildcard code "'"!
Usage
: REPL <
STR
> BY <str> / STRIP <
STR
> TO <
STR
>
CAP <
STR
> / DECAP <
STR
>
5.4.
Word-only searching.
Sub-cmd
:
WORD
» By default PARex will just search for a string, regardless
if this string is a word or part of a word. In some cases
only words may be replaced. To make sure that PARex only
finds words, you must use the WORD sub-command.
| ' { REPL hi BY hello WORD } '; this main-command is
| only executed if "hi" is found as a word, and not as
| part of a word. Thus "ships" won't do, but " hi " will.
» A string is regarded as a word, if the ASCII value of the
character before the string, and the ASCII value of the
character after the string fall in one of the following
ranges :
- 0..47
- 58..63
- 91..96
- 123..191
Usage
: REPL <
STR
> BY <str> / STRIP <
STR
> TO <
STR
>
CAP <
STR
> / DECAP <
STR
>
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6.
Program variables.
» As of version 3 some variables are supported. These variables
can be anywhere in the searchStr or replStr. They can be divided
in two types : fixed variables and volatile variables. While
fixed variables can be used in both the searchStr and the
replStr, volatile variables are only allowed in the replStr.
Fixed variables are variables where the value is defined before
the source file is processed, while the value of volatile
variables is only known at the time of replacing the searchStr
by the replStr.
These variables are inserted in the searchStr or the replStr
between two "&" characters. Everything between such ampersand
characters is regarded as being part of the variable.
NOTE
: if you want to insert "&" characters as normal text, then
you must use "\&".
» These variables can be used in all the main commands, so with
INIT, CLOSE, REPL, STRIP, CAP and DECAP!
» The strings in which you can use a variable, are accented in
bold text in the "Usage:" line.
6.1.
PARex information.
Variable
:
&NAME&
» Inserts the name of the program (thus "PARex"), in the
string.
| ' PARex ram:source REPL ">&NAME&<" BY "xeRAP" '
| Replaces all ">PARex<" strings in the source file by
| "xeRAP".
Variable
:
&VERSION&
» Inserts the version of PARex in the string.
| ' PARex ram:source REPL "v&VERSION&" BY "V=&VERSION&" '
| Replaces all "v3.00" strings in the source file by
| "v=3.00".
Usage
: INIT <
STR
> / CLOSE <
STR
> / CAP <
STR
> / DECAP <
STR
>
REPL <
STR
> BY <
STR
> OR <
STR
> / STRIP <
STR
> TO <
STR
>
6.2.
Inserting files.
Variable
:
&FILE:<name>&
» With this variable you can insert a file in the desired
place in the string. You can use as many &FILE:& variables
in a string as you want. The name of the file to insert is
given directly after the colon. No double quotation marks
have to be used if the filename should include spaces, but
remember to enclose the entire string between double
quotation marks!
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» This variable can for example be used to insert the value of
environment variables!
| SETENV test xerap
| ' PARex ram:src REPL parex BY file->&FILE:env:test& '
| This will replace all "parex" strings in the ram:src
| file with "file->xerap".
WARNING
: if the file can't be found then "<file not found>" is
inserted in the string instead.
Usage
: INIT <
STR
> / CLOSE <
STR
> / REPL <str> BY <
STR
> OR <
STR
>
6.3.
Inserting date and time.
Variable
:
&FIXTIME:[<formatstr>]&
» This variable will insert the time, where the used time is
the one at program startup. If no format string is given,
then the default AmigaDOS format (dd-mmm-yy hh:mm:ss) is
used.
| ' PARex ram:source REPL parex BY date=&FIXTIME:& '
| All "parex" strings in the ram:source file will be
| replaced by e.g. "date=20-Nov-93 22:43:42"
» The following format codes can be used to construct a custom
formatted timestring:
DATE CODES
: %w -> a two character day name ('Mo'..'Su')
%W -> the full day name ('Monday'..'Sunday')
%d -> two digit day in month (00..31)
%m -> two digit month (01..12)
%M -> short month name ('Jan'..'Dec')
%O -> full month name ('Januray'..'December')
%y -> two digit year (e.g. '93')
%Y -> four digit year (e.g. '1998')
TIME CODES
: %h -> hours in 12 hour mode (00..11)
%H -> hours in 24 hour mode (00..23)
%i -> minutes (00..59)
%s -> seconds (00..59)
%T -> 'AM' or 'PM'
DATESTAMP
: %D -> days since 1-jan-78
%U -> minutes since 00:00:00
%I -> ticks since last minute
| 'PARex ram:src REPL prx BY "date=&FIXTIME:%W, %d %O %Y&"
| All "parex" strings in the ram:source file will be
| replaced by e.g. "date=Saturday, 20 November 1993".
NOTE
: these format codes are interpreted case-sensitive!
Usage
: INIT <
STR
> / CLOSE <
STR
> / CAP <
STR
> / DECAP <
STR
>
REPL <
STR
> BY <
STR
> OR <
STR
> / STRIP <
STR
> TO <
STR
>
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Variable
:
&TIME:[<formatstr>]&
» The same as &FIXTIME:&, but now the time used is the one at
the moment the string is used!
Usage
: INIT <
STR
> / CLOSE <
STR
> / REPL <str> BY <
STR
> OR <
STR
>
6.4.
Inserting path and name of source & destination file.
Variable
:
&SRCPATH&
and
&SRCNAME&
» Inserts the path and/or name of the source file in the
string.
| ' PARex RAM:source PRT INIT \e[1m&SRCNAME&\e[0m\n\n '
| This will send ram:source to the printer, where first a
| line in bold text is printed with the name of the file
| to print.
Variable
:
&DSTPATH&
and
&DSTNAME&
» Inserts the path and/or name of the destination file in the
string.
| 'PARex ram:src TO ram:dest INIT &DSTPATH&->&DSTNAME&\n'
| This will copy ram:src to ram:dest, where the first line
| of the ram:dest file will be "ram:->dest".
Usage
: INIT <
STR
> / CLOSE <
STR
> / REPL <str> BY <
STR
> OR <
STR
>
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7.
Using PARex data scripts.
Using the main-commands on the command line has its limitations.
For example, using one or two main-commands gives now problems,
but suppose you'll need to use more than twenty commands! Then
it's better to put these main-commands in a script.
7.1.
Setting up scripts.
» PARex scripts, like AmigaDOS scripts, are plain text files,
that can be created and edited with any texteditor.
» A comment is inserted in the same way as with AmigaDOS
scripts. Thus everything after a semi-colon upto the end of
the line is regarded as the comment. You may type comments
on the same line as the command.
| ' REPL aa BY bb ; this is the comment '
» Only one main-command (including all its sub-commands) can
be typed on a line.
| REPL a#?a BY bb OR cc WHEN name CASE WILD
» You can type them on several lines by using curly
brackets, just as you do on the command line. In this case
everything after an opening curly bracket upto the closing
curly bracket is regarded as being part of the main-
command. There's one limitation, when a command needs an
argument, then both the keyword and the argument must be on
the same line!
| ' { REPL aa BY bb ; comments are allowed here
| OR cc WHEN name ; another comment
| CASE
| CAP } ' ; even here!
7.2.
Script commands.
If needed, you can divide your data script in blocks, which can
then be selected later from the
PARex
program. The following
commands allow you to do this.
Command
:
GLOBAL
» This block of replace commands will be used when you use the
following options at program startup : GLOBAL or ALL. The
end of the block is reached when a the MODE or a EXITPXS
command is found.
» A GLOBAL block can only be defined once in a script!
Command
:
MODE <name>
» This command also defines a block of replace commands, but
now the block is named. As many MODE commands can be used as
needed. Such a block can only be selected with the MODE
(command line) option at program startup. The name (or a
pattern) given with the MODE option at program startup is
used to search for the corresponding MODE block in the
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script.
| Suppose we have the following script :
| ' MODE test
| REPL aa BY bb
| REPL cc BY dd
| MODE text
| REPL oo BY pp
| REPL uu BY vv '
| Using ' PARex ram:source MODE text ' will convert the
| source file with "REPL oo BY pp" and "REPL uu BY vv".
| Using ' PARex ram:source MODE te?t ' would use both
| MODEs since the pattern name "te?t" matches both "test"
| and "text".
» As with the GLOBAL command, the block is ended by another
MODE command, a GLOBAL command or a EXITPXS command.
Command
:
EXITPXS
» This command informs
PARex
that it can stop scanning the
script. This means that everything after this command is
ignored by PARex, provided the block of replace commands
where EXITPXS belongs to is used.
| Suppose we have the following script :
| ' MODE test
| REPL aa BY bb
| REPL cc BY dd
| EXITPXS
| MODE text
| REPL oo BY pp
| REPL uu BY vv
| EXITPXS '
| Using ' PARex ram:source MODE text ' would only use the
| "text" mode. The first EXITPXS has no effect since PARex
| wasn't reading that block of replace commands! The
| second EXITPXS had effect since its block was read.
7.3.
Script options.
Option
:
SCRIPT <file[.pxs]>
» Uses the named script file. It's not needed to add the
".pxs" suffix, since PARex will do this for you if it
couldn't open the file under the given name.
Option
:
NOSCRIPT
» Forces PARex not to open a scriptfile. Primarily used in
earlier versions of PARex to disable the default
"S:PARex.pxs" script usage.
Option
:
GLOBAL
» Selects the GLOBAL block of a script.
» If no script file was specified, then the default
"S:PARex.pxs" is used (if present).
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Option
:
MODE <name|pattern>
» Selects the named MODE block(s). As mentioned above, the
name can be a pattern.
» If no script file was specified, then the default
"S:PARex.pxs" is used (if present).
Option
:
ALL
» Selects all replace commands in a scripts, thus ignoring the
MODE and GLOBAL script commands. But the EXITPXS is still
recognised!
» If no script file was specified, then the default
"S:PARex.pxs" is used (if present).
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8.
Additional sub-commands.
In this chapter the rest of the sub-commands are explained. They
give more control over the searching and over the replStr.
Remember that a sub-command only affects one main-command, except
when they're being used as a global working (command line) option.
The latter is explained in point 8.5.
8.1.
Limit replacing.
By default PARex will replace every string that matches a
searchStr. The following sub-commands can alter this. In the
example "N" (no replace) and "Y" (replace) are used to explain the
function. These sub-commands are supported by REPL, STRIP, CAP and
DECAP.
Sub-cmd
:
TIMES <#>
» The searchStr will only be used the given number of times.
| ' REPL hello BY hi TIMES 5 ' -> Y Y Y Y Y N N N...
Sub-cmd
:
EVERY <#>
» The searchStr will only be replaced every 'x'th occurence.
| ' REPL hello BY hi EVERY 2 ' -> N Y N Y N Y...
Sub-cmd
:
AFTER <#>
» Only replace the searchStr after the 'x'th occurence.
| ' REPL hello BY hi AFTER 3 TIMES 2 ' -> N N N Y Y N...
8.2.
Defining the size of the replace string.
The size of the string that replaces the searchStr can also be
altered.
» The following sub-commands relate the size of the replStr to the
size of the searchStr. These commands are useful when working on
binary files, where you don't want to insert a string larger
than the searchStr, since this can have disasterous effects.
They're only supported with the REPL command.
Sub-cmd
:
FIT
» This command makes sure that the length of the replStr is
not longer than the found string to replace. If the replStr
is shorter, then nothing is done.
| ' REPL hi BY hello FIT ' will replace "hi" by "he", not
| "hello", since it's too long.
Sub-cmd
:
ZERO
» This command makes sure that the length of the replStr is
as long as the found string to replace. Should the replStr
be shorter, then it's appended with ASCII NULL codes (or the
code defined with LEFTFILL or RIGHTFILL). If the replStr is
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longer, than nothing is done.
| ' REPL hello BY hi ZERO ' will replace "hello" by
| "hi\o\o\o" (note that "\o' is used here to represent the
| NULL code).
TIP
: if working on binary files, always use FIT and ZERO to play
safe!
The following two sub-commands define directly the size of the
replStr. Here the size is directly defined, and thus not related
to the searchStr! These commands won't work when FIT or ZERO is
used! These sub-commands are supported with INIT, CLOSE and REPL.
Sub-cmd
:
MINSIZE <# bytes>
» Defines that the replStr must hold at least the given number
of bytes. If this isn't the case, then the replStr will
appended with ASCII NULL codes (or the code defined with
LEFTFILL or RIGHTFILL). Should the string be longer, then
nothing is done.
| ' REPL hello BY hi MINSIZE 4 ' will replace "hello" by
| "hi\o\o" (note that "\o' is used here to represent the
| NULL code).
Sub-cmd
:
MAXSIZE <# bytes>
» Defines the maximum size that the replStr may have. If it's
longer then only the given number of bytes are used, the
rest is ignored. Should the replStr be shorter, then nothing
is done.
| ' REPL hi BY hello MAXSIZE 3 ' will replace "hi" by
| "hel".
The following two sub-commands define if we need to insert
characters at the beginning of the replStr, or at the end of it.
The code used for inserting or appending is also defined with
these commands. These commands are supported with INIT, CLOSE and
REPL.
Sub-cmd
:
LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>
» If the replStr needs to be appended (in case of ZERO or
MINSIZE) then by default PARex appends at the end of the
string with ASCII NULL codes. These commands can change
this. The code to append with must be given as a value
between 0 and 255. This value can be given in decimal (can
be introduced with \d), in hexadecimal (introduced with \x)
or in octal (introduced with \o).
» LEFTFILL will lengthen the replStr by inserting the needed
bytes at the beginning, while RIGHTFILL will do this at the
end of the string.
| ' REPL hello BY hi MINSIZE 5 LEFTFILL \d64' will replace
| "hello" by "@@@hi"
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WARNING
: the LEFTFILL sub-command doesn't work when the
HEXDUMP option is used!
8.3.
Case conversion.
The following sub-commands are supported by REPL, STRIP, INIT and
CLOSE.
Sub-cmd
:
CAP|DECAP
» Will put all text of the replStr (including all bytes which
come from the program variables) into upper case (with CAP)
or into lower case (with DECAP) characters.
| ' REPL aa BY hi CAP ' will replace "hello" by "HI"
| ' REPL aa BY HI DECAP ' will replace "hello" by "hi"
8.4.
Making sub-commands to work on all main-commands.
» In some cases you'll want to make a sub-command effective on
all used main-commands. To do this, you must enter the sub-
command as a program (command line) option, and before any
main-command!
» In order to be sure that a sub-command is interpreted as a
global working option, then it's best to place a main-
command (if used on the command line) between curly
brackets.
| ' PARex ram:src TIMES 2 { REPL aa BY bb TIMES 5 } '
| You'll see that TIMES is used twice, but the second
| TIMES sub-command is ignored, since the first (TIME 2)
| one works globally!
» The following sub-commands can be made to work globally:
CAP, DECAP, WILD, CONTEXT, NEST, FIT, ZERO, MINSIZE,
MAXSIZE, LEFTFILL, RIGHTFILL, TIME, EVERY, AFTER and WORD.
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9.
Option reference.
ALL ....................................................... 25
AFTER <#> ............................................. 26, 28
BUFFER <# bytes> .......................................... 6
CAP ....................................................... 28
CASECHECK ................................................. 17
CONTEXT ............................................... 18, 28
CONVERT ................................................... 5
DECAP ..................................................... 28
EVERY <#> ............................................. 26, 28
FIT ................................................... 26, 28
[FROM] <file|dir|pattern> ................................. 4
GLOBAL .................................................... 24
HEXDUMP [<fmtstr>] ........................................ 7
LCASE ..................................................... 8
LEFTFILL <0.255> ...................................... 27, 28
LOAD ................................................... 6, 18
MAXSIZE <# bytes> ..................................... 27, 28
MINSIZE <# bytes> ..................................... 27, 28
MODE <name|pattern]> .................................. 23, 25
NEST .................................................. 13, 28
NOSCRIPT .................................................. 24
NOVERSION ................................................. 10
PAR ....................................................... 5
PRT ....................................................... 5
READ <# bytes> ............................................ 5
RIGHTFILL <0.255> ..................................... 27, 28
SCRIPT <file[.pxs]> ....................................... 24
SER ....................................................... 5
SILENT .................................................... 10
STAT ...................................................... 9
TIMES <#> ............................................. 26, 28
[TO] <file|dir> ........................................... 4
TOUCH <# bytes> ........................................... 5
TRACE ..................................................... 9
UCASE ..................................................... 8
WHEN <name|pattern> ....................................... 12
WILD .............................................. 17, 18, 28
WORD .................................................. 19, 28
ZERO .................................................. 26, 28
[{] CAP <str> [<cmds> }] ................................ 14
[{] CLOSE <str> [<cmds> }] ................................ 12
[{] DECAP <str> [<cmds> }] ................................ 14
[{] INIT <str> [<cmds> }] ................................ 11
[{] REPL <str> BY <str> [<cmds> }] ....................... 12
[{] STRIP [+|-]<str> TO [+|-]<str> [<cmds> }] ............. 13
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10.
Command reference.
10.1.
Main commands.
CAP <str> ................................................. 14
[WILD] [WORD] [TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>]
[CASE] [NOCASE] [FIXCASE]
CLOSE <str> ............................................... 12
[CAP|DECAP] [MINSIZE <# bytes>] [MAXSIZE <# bytes>]
[LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>]
DECAP <str> ............................................... 14
[WILD] [WORD] [TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>]
[CASE] [NOCASE] [FIXCASE]
INIT <str> ................................................ 11
[CAP|DECAP] [MINSIZE <# bytes>] [MAXSIZE <# bytes>]
[LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>]
REPL <str> BY <str> ....................................... 12
[OR <str> WHEN <name>] [WILD] [WORD] [CONTEXT]
[TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>] [AFTER <#>] [CASE]
[NOCASE] [FIXCASE] [CAP|DECAP] [FIT] [ZERO]
[MINSIZE <# bytes>] [MAXSIZE <# bytes>]
[LEFTFILL|RIGHTFILL <0..255>]
STRIP [+|-]<str> TO [+|-]<str> ............................ 13
[NEST] [WILD] [WORD] [TIMES <#>] [EVERY <#>]
[AFTER <#>] [CASE] [NOCASE] [FIXCASE] [CAP|DECAP]
10.2.
Sub-commands.
AFTER <#> ................................................. 26
CAP ....................................................... 28
CASE ...................................................... 17
CONTEXT ................................................... 18
DECAP ..................................................... 28
EVERY <#> ................................................. 26
FIT ....................................................... 26
FIXCASE ................................................... 17
LEFTFILL <0.255> .......................................... 27
MAXSIZE <# bytes> ......................................... 27
MINSIZE <# bytes> ......................................... 27
NEST ...................................................... 13
NOCASE .................................................... 17
RIGHTFILL <0.255> ......................................... 27
TIMES <#> ................................................. 26
WHEN <name> ............................................... 12
WILD .................................................. 17, 18
WORD ...................................................... 19
ZERO ...................................................... 26
10.3.
Script-commands.
EXITPXS ................................................... 24
GLOBAL .................................................... 23
MODE <name> ............................................... 23
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11.
Variables.
NAME ...................................................... 20
VERSION ................................................... 20
FILE:<name> ............................................... 20
FIXTIME:[<formatstr>] ..................................... 21
TIME:[<formatstr>] ........................................ 22
SRCNAME ................................................... 22
SRCPATH ................................................... 22
DSTNAME ................................................... 22
DSTPATH ................................................... 22
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