68K System Monitor

User's Guide

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Command Input and Response

Input to the 68K Monitor

Command Line Limitations

Input to the 68K Monitor is read from the ‘connected’ application / subsystem. The input takes the form of user-entered commands.

The 68K Monitor accepts a command line:

that is no longer than 80 characters, and

consists of no more than 16 separate words or symbols.

The definition of a word or string is one or more characters separated by one or more spaces.

Input may be either upper or lower case, except where noted.

Command Format

Common

Command

Syntax

List of Characters

Input may be either upper- or lower-case.

The format of all commands is as follows:

<command_name> < parameters arguments>

Where:

command_name is one of the recognized commands, and

parameter arguments are an optional list of command parameters.

You must format these commands in a definite way or syntax. You must understand command syntax to understand detailed command descriptions in the following chapters.

This tables lists some of the characters used in command syntax:

 

Character

Name

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/

switch

identifies that the character following it affects

 

 

 

 

the type of processing performed by the

 

 

 

 

command

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ ]

square brackets

any arguments listed within them are optional

 

 

 

 

parameters that the command may use but does

 

 

 

 

not require

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OR symbol

only one of several consecutive arguments listed

 

 

 

 

within parenthesis “( )” is to be used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( )

multiple

when not separated by the OR “” character

 

 

 

arguments

means that if one of the arguments is used, they

 

 

 

 

must all be used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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