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CP/M 3 User's Guide 5.2 How Commands Are Described
Table 5-3. (continued)
Symbol Meaning
SYS System attribute.
{ } Items within braces are optional. You can enter a command
without the optional items. The optional items add effects to
your command line.
[ ] Items in square brackets are options or an option list. If you
use an option specified within the brackets, you must type the
brackets to enclose the option. If the right bracket is the last
character on the command line, it can be omitted.
( ) Items in parentheses indicate a range of options. If you use a
range from an option list, you must enclose the range in
parentheses.
... Ellipses tell you that the previous item can be repeated any
number of times.
| The or bar separates alternative items in a command line.
You can select any or all of the alternatives specified. Mutually
exclusive options are indicated in additional syntax lines or
'fically noted in the text.
are speci
^ or CTRL Represent the CTRL key on your keyboard. (CTRL characters
show as ' on your screen.)
Indicates a carriage return keystroke.
* Wildcard character-replaces all or part of a filename and/or
filetype.
? Wildcard character-replaces any single character in the same
position of a filename or filetype.
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