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	The Digital Command Language is documented in the
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X		"COMMAND USER'S GUIDE"
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 This is a quick and dirty reference to some of the features.
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è*ASSIGNMENT	i.e. {:}={=}.                              
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°$ num_sym{[ bit_pos, num_bits  ]}={=} num_lit .or. num_lit_exp
	bit_pos -ie- 0 ... 31
x	.OR. .AND. .NOT. .EQ. .GE. .GT. .LE. LT. .NE. + - * /
Ü	.EQS. .GES. .GTS. .LES. .LTS. .NES.
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¤$ str_sym{[ byte_pos, num_chars ]}:={=} str_lit .or. str_lit_exp
	byte_pos -ie- 0 ... 254
l	To concatinate, just type the strings in order on the line.
Ð
4note..  :  is for a string assignment.
˜	== is for a global assignment.
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`	*FUNCTIONS		i.e. 'F$function(...)'.                       
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'F$CVSI( bit_pos, num_bits, integer )' -ie- ASCII of signed integer
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'F$CVUI( bit_pos, num_bits, integer )' -ie- ASCII of unsigned integer
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'F$DIRECTORY()' -ie- [default_directory]
T'F$EXTRACT( byte_pos, num_bytes, str_var )' -ie- portion of str_var
¸'F$LENGTH( str_var )' -ie- length of str_var
'F$LOCATE( substr_var, str_var )' -ie- position of substr in str
€	0 ... length-1, or length if not found.*
ä'F$LOGICAL( str_var )' -ie- inverse of ASSIGN log_name str_var
H'F$MESSAGE( number )' -ie- string associated with number
¬'F$MODE()' -ie- INTERACTIVE -or- BATCH
'F$PROCESS()' -ie- process name string
t'F$TIME()' -ie- dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss.cc
Ø'F$USER()' -ie- [group,member]
<'F$VERIFY()' -ie- 1, if verifying -or- 0, if not verifying
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*INPUT/OUTPUT	i.e. INQUIRE, OPEN, READ, WRITE, and CLOSE.
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Ì$ INQUIRE  symbol  {str_lit}
0$ OPEN {/WRITE}{/ERROR=lable}  log_name  file_spec
”$  READ {/END=lable}{/ERROR=lable} log_name  symbol
ø$  WRITE {/ERROR=LABLE}  log_name  str_var{,str_var},,,
\$ CLOSE {/ERROR=lable}  log_name
À!
$*TESTS		i.e. IF, and ON.                                 
ˆ!
ì$ IF expression THEN {$} command
P	TRUE == Odd, FALSE == Even
´	num_exp .. num_lit .or. num_var .or. num_exp num_op num_exp
		.. str_var str_op str_var
|$ ON on_condition THEN {$} command
à	.. WARNING .or. ERROR .or. SEVERE_ERROR .or. CONTROL_Y
D!
¨*Syntax_of_the_atoms.
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pstr_lit ..  string  .or. 'symbol' .or. "string"
Ô					req for multi blanks and specials
8str_var .. "string" .or.  symbol  .or. "{string}''symbol'{string}"
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 str_lit_exp .. str_lit {str_lit_exp}
dstr_var_exp .. str_var {str_var_exp}