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This command displays the contents of a specified file name to the
standard list device, unless you specify another destination.
Syntax | |
PRINT[ [FILE=]filename]
[[;OUT=]outfile]
[[;START=]m]
[[;END=]n]
[[;PAGE=]p]
[;{unn/num}]
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Parameters | |
- FILE
Specifies the actual file name of the file to be printed to $STDLIST, unless
you specify outfile as a destination. Filename may be given in
MPE or HFS syntax and may name a symbolic link that resolves to a file name. The following points apply to this parameter: You can specify a temporary or a permanent disk file with this parameter. File equations are ignored unless an asterisk (*) precedes
filename, indicating a backreference. The filename can be $STDIN or $STDINX, the default. If you do not specify a file name, PRINT takes its input from $STDINX
and continues to do so until you enter the :EOD command on a new line. Supports HFS file names that start with a "." or a "/".
- OUT
Specifies a destination other than $STDLIST for filename. The following points apply to this parameter: If filename has embedded carriage-control characters (CCTL),
PRINT inserts a blank in place of the CCTL in the
outfile. New files are created as TEMP. File equations are ignored unless an asterisk (*) precedes outfile,
indicating a backreference. You must use a file equation to overwrite a permanent file.
Operation Notes | |
Usage You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode.
Pressing Break aborts the execution of this command. Batch print jobs For batch jobs in which filename defaults to $STDINX, some
commands such as :EOD, EOF, JOB, EOJ, and DATA do not
execute as part of the original job when they follow the PRINT command. For example, PRINT command reads all job input up to the :EOD line. At
that point, the PRINT command is finished and the remaining JOB stream commands are
executed.
Examples | |
To send the contents of MYFILE to the line printer, XXX, enter:
:FILE XXX;DEV=LP
:PRINT MYFILE, *XXX
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The file XXX equates with the line printer. Then the file MYFILE
"prints" to the file *XXX. To use the PRINT command itself to create a file, enter the following
lines from your terminal:
:PRINT $STDIN,TAILB
PARM FILE, LAST=5
PRINT !FILE; START = -!LAST
:EOD
:SAVE TAILB
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Since the default is temporary,
the SAVE command permanently saves the file TAILB.
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