Command Input And Response - GE 68K System User Manual

68K System Monitor
User's Guide

Command Input and Response

Input to the 68K Monitor is read from the 'connected' application / subsystem. The
Input to the 68K
Monitor
input takes the form of user-entered commands.
The 68K Monitor accepts a command line:
Command Line
Limitations
•
that is no longer than 80 characters, and
•
consists of no more than 16 separate words or symbols.
−
−
Command Input may be either upper- or lower-case.
Format
The format of all commands is as follows:
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
Common
Command
command syntax to understand detailed command descriptions in the following
Syntax
chapters.
This tables lists some of the characters used in command syntax:
List of
Characters
Character
General
Full Release
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_name> < parameters arguments>
Name
/ switch
[ ] square brackets any arguments listed within them are optional
| OR symbol
( ) multiple
arguments
SWM0023-1.00 -2
Description
identifies that the character following it affects
the type of processing performed by the
command
parameters that the command may use but does
not require
only one of several consecutive arguments listed
within parenthesis "( )" is to be used
when not separated by the OR "|" character
means that if one of the arguments is used, they
must all be used
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