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Table 10 (Cont.) Symbolic Editor Commands
Command
Format
Meaning
$
#$TEXT"
#$TEXT'
Perform a character string search for
the string TEXT. (See the section under Search Mode concerning IntraBuffer Character String Search). Following a string search, #" causes a
search for the next occurrence of the
string.
#
))
.= or .:
/=or /:
By typing these characters the user
can obtain the current line number
(.=) and the last line number in the
text buffer (/=). The number is
printed by the Editor immediately
after the user types the equal sign.
(The colon character is equivalent to
the equal sign.)
>
$>
Equivalent to .+1L; list the next line
in the text buffer on the teleprinter.
<
$<
Equivalent to .-1L; list the next line
in the text buffer on the teleprinter.
LINE FEED
Key
Equivalent to .+1L; list the next line
in the text buffer on the teleprinter.
PERIPHERAL INTERCHANGE PROGRAM (PIP)
PIP is the OS/8 system program which is used to transfer files
between devices, merge and delete files, and list, zero, and compress directories.
Calling and Using PIP
To call PIP from the system device the user types:
R PIP
in response to the dot printed by the Keyboard Monitor. The Command Decoder then prints an asterisk at the left margin of the teleprinter paper and waits to receive a line of I/O files and options.
PIP accepts up to nine input files and performs output to a single
output file; options generally are placed at the end of the command string.
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