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CP/M 3 User's Guide 5.2 How Commands Are Described
Using this syntax, you can construct several valid command lines:
DIR
DIR X.PAS
DIR X.PAS [RO]
DIR X.PAS [SYS]
DIR *.PAS
DIR *.* [RW]
DIR X.* [DIR]
The CP/M 3 command PIP (Peripheral Interchange Program) is the file copy program.
PIP can copy information from the disk to the screen or printer. PIP can
combine two or more files into one longer file. PIP can also rename files after copying
them. Look at one of the formats of the PIP command line for another example of
how to use command line notation. PIP also copies files from one disk to another
disk.
Syntax: PIP dest-filespec = src-filespecf{,filespec ... }
In the preceding example, dest-filespec is further defined as a destination file specification
or peripheral device (printer, for example) that receives data. Similarly, srcfilespec
is a source file specification or peripheral device (keyboard, for example) that
transmits data. PIP accepts wildcards in the filename and filetype. (See the PIP command
for details regarding other capabilities of PIP.) There are, of course, many valid
command lines that come from this syntax. Some examples follow.
PIP NEWFILE.DAT=OLDFILE.DAT
PIP B:=A:THISFILE.DAT
PIP B:X.BAS=Y.BAS, Z.BAS
PIP X.BAS=A.BAS, B.BAS, C.BAS
PIP B:=A:*.BAK
PIP B:=A:*.*
The remainder of this section contains a complete description of each CP/M 3 util ity.
The descriptions are arranged alphabetically for easy reference.
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