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is common to all mem bers of the set. You can use generic characters with some MPE/iX commands.

The generic characters (or portions of names) are described as follo ws:

@	All strings up to eigh t characters long, including a n ull string.
?	A single alphanumeric character.

#A single numeric character.

Examples of wildcard use are:

@A@	All ￿lenames (in the logon accoun t and group) that include an A. For
	example, it could include the ￿lenames:
	AARDVARK
	DELTA
	BACCUS
@.@.PRR	All ￿lenames in all groups of the PROG account. For example, it could include
	the ￿lenames:
	CONTENTS.PUB.PROG
	CONTENTS.MKT.PROG
	CONTENTS.ENG.PROG
ABC?	All ￿lenames (in the logon accoun t and group) starting with	ABC and ending
	with any single alphanumeric character. For example, it could include the
	￿lenames:
	ABCX
	ABCY
	ABCZ
XYZ#@	All ￿lenames (in the logon accoun t and group) starting with	XYZ, followed
	by a single numeric character, and possibly ending in other c haracters. For
	example, it could include the ￿lenames:

XYZ1

XYZ23

XYZ2AAA

Command Files and User-defined Command Files

Command ￿les and user-de￿ned commands (UDCs) are ￿les that allo w programmers to customize their environment. MPE/iX accepts n umbered and unnumbered ￿les composed of commands. The commands can consist of an y number of MPE/iX commands. Eac h command line can be a maximum of 279 c haracters long. To continue a line, place an ampersand ( &) at the end of the line, after the last non blank character. A command line can be con tinued up to a maximum of ten lines, not exceeding a total of 279 c haracters. The maximum n umber of characters on a line is 80.

A Command File is a ￿le that con tains a single command de￿nition. It is executed b y specifying its ￿le name. A Command File does not ha ve a command name and is not en tered in a catalog directory . For example, entering :COB85XL , followed by a source ￿le name, executes a command de￿nition that in vokes the COBOL II/XL compiler.

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