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Execution Mode

To explicitly indicate that a command should run in the operating system, precede the command 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.

To indicate that a command should run in the operating system while staying inside the NeXtMidas shell, use double dollar signs ($$) before the command name. Otherwise, the NeXtMidas shell temporarially exits while the operating system runs the command. (Within a graphical shell such as SHELLGUI, this is the default execution mode for all operating system commands.)


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