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- 1.0
- Introduction
-
- The command shell is a line oriented user interface. Commands are
- typed and the results are displayed on the screen. The commands shell
- is similar in operation to the Unix csh(1) program.
-
- Commands may span physical lines. Commands MUST be terminated with a
- semi-colon ';'.
-
- Upon startup, the command shell will attempt to execute commands in
- the file '.dbcshrc'. If this file does not exist in the current
- directory, the command shell will give an error message saying so, and
- will continue.
-
- The following variables have special meaning to the command shell:
-
- Name Default Meaning
- ---- ------- -------
-
- EDITOR 'vi' Editor to be used with EDIT COMMAND
-
- PROMPT 'dbcsh>' Command shell prompt string
-
- HISTORY 25 Number of commands in history buffer
-
-
- 2.0
- History
-
- 3.0
- Aliases
-
- 4.0
- Variable
-
- 5.0
- Commands in the command shell
-
- 5.1
- EDIT COMMAND
-
- FORMAT: EDIT COMMAND history-number
-
- DESCRIPTION:
- The edit command command lets you edit the specified command using your
- favorite editor.
-
- 5.2
- EXIT
-
- FORMAT: EXIT
-
- DESCRIPTION:
- The exit command will exit you from the command shell. All non-system
- table must be closed before you may exit.
-
- 5.3
- HISTORY
-
- FORMAT: HISTORY
-
- DESCRIPTION:
- The history command displays a list of the history buffer. Each entry
- consists of the history number and the command text.
-
- 5.4
- SET
-
- FORMAT: SET [ variable-name = variable-value ]
-
- DESCRIPTION:
- The set command lets you store values in command shell variables that
- can be used later. If the arguments to set are omitted, a listing of
- all variables and values is produced.
-
- 5.5
- SYSTEM
-
- FORMAT: SYSTEM 'system-command'
-
- DESCRIPTION:
- The system command allow you to execute a system command, such as
- 'dir' or 'll', without having to leave SQLdb.
-
- 5.6
- VERSION
-
- FORMAT: VERSION
-
- DESCRIPTION:
- The version command displays the current version and any other
- pertinent information.
-
-