W l f d address | GE 68K System guide

Possible Responses

By entering a command at the prompt and pressing ENTER, one of the following responses will happen.

If you enter	and	then

a recognized	it does not require	the system will execute the command.
command	special parameters

a recognized	required parameters	the system will execute the command.
command	are provided

a recognized	parameters are	a reminder line showing the correct
command	missing or invalid	command syntax will appear, including
		required and optional parameters.

An Example, the EDIT Command:

an unrecognizable	--	a general error will be issued indicating
command		that the command was not recognized.

If you type:

e [/(b w l f d)] address

According to the syntax conventions:

•The first field, e, must be entered as is, because it has no special characters around it.

−If you press ENTER after typing just the e, the line above appears to show you the command parameter syntax.

•The second field, [/(b w l f d)], because it is enclosed in [ ], is optional.

−Select one of the valid switches within the parenthesis ( ) or leave it blank.

•The last field, address, is required.

Entering

Commands

Regular Keyboard Input

The 68K Monitor allows editing of the command line by using regular keyboard input as well as a few special key combinations.

In addition to entering any printable ASCII character onto the command line, the following characters can be used:

This key…	performs this function

ESC	deletes all current data on the command line and returns to the first
	character position. (except D20 base and CPM)

ENTER	executes any command that has been entered on the command line.

BACKSPACE	removes the last character from the end of the current command
	line and moves the cursor one character position to the left.


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