PRINT

This command displa ys the contents of a speci￿ed ￿le name to the standard list device, unless you specify another destination.

Syntax

PRINT22 FILE= 3￿lename 3

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;OUT= 3out￿le 3

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;START= 3m 3

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;END= 3n 3

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;PAGE= 3p 3

2 ;8 unn/num 9 3

Parameters

FILE

 

Speci￿es the actual ￿le name of the ￿le to be prin ted to

 

 

$STDLIST , unless you specify out￿le as a destination. Filename

 

 

may be given in MPE or HFS syn tax and may name a

 

 

symbolic link that resolv es to a ￿le name.

 

 

The following poin ts apply to this parameter:

 

 

 

You can specify a temporary or a permanen t disk ￿le with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this parameter.

 

 

 

File equations are ignored unless an asterisk ( *) precedes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿lename , indicating a backreference.

 

 

 

The ￿lename can be $STDIN or $STDINX , the default.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you do not specify a ￿le name, PRINT takes its input from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$STDINX and continues to do so until you enter the :EOD

 

 

 

command on a new line.

 

 

 

Supports HFS ￿le names that start with a \." or a \/".

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

Speci￿es a destination other than $STDLIST for ￿lename .

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