TACL Reference Manual

Summary of Commands and Built-In Functions
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Summary of Functionality
descriptions in Section 9, Built-In Functions and Variables, explain the ways in which
those variables can be used.
Summary of Functionality
The remainder of this section lists commands, built-in functions, and built-in variables
by functional group; the groups are:
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Obtaining help and information
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Interfacing with the operating system
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Managing the TACL environment
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Processing text in variables
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Controlling program flow
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Debugging TACL statements
Obtaining Help and Information
Table 7-1 lists commands that provide general help and information.
Note. All TACL built-ins are executed by the TACL process, which runs only on the node
where it was started, regardless of any SYSTEM commands that are issued. To execute a
built-in command on another system, you must start a new TACL process on that system.
Table 7-1. Informational Commands (page 1 of 2)
Command Description
BUILTINS Shows TACL built-in functions and variables
COLUMNIZE Displays a list in columnar form
COMMENT Begins comment line in TACL command file
ENV Displays settings of TACL environmental parameters
FC Retrieves, edits, and reexecutes lines in history buffer
FILEINFO Displays information about files
FILENAMES Displays names of files in a subvolume, using a file-name template
FILES Displays names of files in a subvolume
HELP Displays useful information about TACL
HISTORY Displays previously issued command lines
INFO DEFINE Displays attributes and associated values in one or more DEFINEs
residing in process file segment of current TACL process
KEYS Displays current function-key variables
LOADEDFILES Displays the loadfiles used by a selected process
PMSG Controls process-identifier displays of processes you create or delete