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CHAPTER 17
17.
LIST COMMAND
The LIST command is used to
print
any
ASCII
file
on
either
the system console or the printer.
Options exist for
numbering lines,
specifying
page
rormatsl
printing
headings,
and
indicating
starting
and
ending
points.
In addition:
riles can be accessed
by
their
logical
sector
numbers
ror
rapid access to any portion
oT
a file.
17.1 Use
The
LIST
command is invoked with the Tollowing command
1
ine:
LIST <name>(J C<start>Je/<end)JJ Ci<options/J
where <name> is the file specification of an ASCII file
that
is
to
be
displayed,
<start>
and
<end>
are the optional
starting and ending points of tne display,
and <options>
can
be one pr more of the option letters
describ~d
below .
. Option
Function
L
H
N
F
Display file on line printer.
Get
head
i
nog
information
from
system
console.
Display physical line
number~
for
each
1
ine.
Use a non-standard page format.
The
<nam~)
parameter
must
be specified with the LIST
command.
If no suffix is given,
the default value "SA"
will
be supplied.
The default logical unit number is zero.
The
following
sections describe each of the options in
detail.
The "L" option can be used with any other optioris to
specifq
that
the
output
from
the
LIST
command is to be
directed to the line printer.
If
the
ilL"
option is
missing,
the system console will be used instead.
If
the
ASCII
file
contains
anq
non-displayable
characters,
the LIST command will convert them into a percent
sign
(7.)
so
that
they
will
be
visible.
If records are
contained in the rile that
are
longer than the selected
page
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17-01
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