Very long commands are entered on multiple lines by
appending an ampersand (&) to the command line. After you press ENTER
, NeXtMidas
prompts you for more command input on the next line.
nM>fft data & ->fftout & ->1 1024
A question mark (?) appearing at the end of a partial command line prompts NeXtMidas for command arguments. For example,
nM>status ? <ENTER>
gives the prompt:
FILE=
You can also use the question mark halfway through a command
line. If you filled in some of the arguments but forgot the rest of the syntax,
type a question mark and hit ENTER
.
The arguments you already filled in become default values for the prompt. After
each prompt, NeXtMidas displays the completed command line which you can either
edit or press ENTER
to execute.
To explicitly direct a command to the operating system,
precede it with a dollar sign ($). This avoids command ambiguity. For example,
typing HELP
at the NeXtMidas prompt invokes the NeXtMidas
HELP
command, but $HELP
invokes the help facility of the
operating system.