AmigaDOS Commands

These are the AmigaDOS commands found in the C directory with an explanation of the command and an example.

Addbuffers

Format: Addbuffers Drive/A Buffers/N

Purpose: Add memory to floppy disk buffers to improve speed.

Parameters: Drive = Name of drive, Buffers = Size of buffers to add.

Example: Addbuffers DF0: 10

AddDatatypes

Format: AddDataTypes files/M QUIET/S REFRESH/S

Purpose: Activates datatypes or adds another datatype.

Parameters: files = List of datatypes to add, Quiet = No output, Refresh = Update datatypes.

Example: AddDataTypes gif.datatype REFRESH

Alias

Format: Alias Name String/F

Purpose: Assigns a short name to a command.

Parameters: Name = Alias name, String = String or command to use for alias.

Example: Alias Del Delete

Ask

Format: Ask Prompt/A

Purpose: Asks a question in a script (reply y/n). Use IF WARN

to test for a yes.

Parameters: Prompt = Text to be displayed.

Example: Ask "Are you sure? Y/n"

Assign

Format: Assign Name Target/M LIST/S EXISTS/S DISMOUNT/S DEFER/S

PATH/S ADD/S REMOVE/S VOLS/S DIRS/S DEVICES/S

Purpose: Assign names to directory paths.

Parameters: Name = Name of the assign, Target = Directory path, List = Display list of assigns, Exists = Test if

assign exists (use IF WARN), Dismount = Remove assign, Defer = Assign later, Path = Add assign with path,

Add = Add a new target to existing path (like LIBS:), Remove = Remove an assign, Vols = List volumes,

Dirs = List directories, Devices = List devices.

Example: Assign PPaint: DH0:PPaint

Avail

Format: Avail CHIP/S FAST/S TOTAL/S FLUSH/S

Purpose: Memory availablility

Parameters: Chip = Display chip memory, Fast = Display fast memory, Total = Display all memory, Flush = Free up

memory.

Example: Avail TOTAL

Binddrivers

Format: BindDrivers

Purpose: Load device drivers for old hardware.

Example: BindDrivers

Break

Format: Break Process/A/N ALL/S C/S D/S E/S F/S

Purpose: Stop a program (see Status)

Paramters: Process = Process name, All = Apply C,D,E and F, C = Apply Ctrl+C, D = Apply Ctrl+d, E = Apply Ctrl+E,

F = Apply Ctrl+F.

Example: Break 2 C

Format: CD Dir/A

Purpose: Change directory

Parameters: Dir = Directory to change to

Example: CD Text_Files

ChangeTaskPri

Format: ChangeTaskPri Pri=Priority/A/N Process/K/N

Purpose: Changes program's execution priority (see Status)

Parameters: Pri = Priority to apply (-128 to +127), Process = Process number (see Status).

Example: ChangeTaskPri 2 1

Conclip

Format: Conclip Unit/N OFF/S

Purpose: Activates clipboard device

Parameters: Unit = Clipboard unit, Off = Turn off clipboard.

Example: Conclip 1

Copy

Format: Copy from/M To/A ALL/S QUIET/S BUF=BUFFER/K/N CLONE/S

DATES/S NOPRO/S COM/S NOREQ/S

Purpose: Copy files (with/without protection bits)

Parameters: from = Files to copy, To = Directory or file to copy to, All = Copy all files, Quiet = No output,

Buffer = Size of buffer (default = 100K), Clone = Copy file and datestamp, protect bits and comment, Dates =

Copy datestamp as well, NoPro = Set default protection bits, Com = Copy comment, NoReq = No requester popups.

Example: Copy mydoc.txt docs: Dates

CPU

Format: CPU CACHE/S BURST/S NOCACHE/S NOBURST/S DATACACHE/S DATABURST/S

NODATACACHE/S NODATABURST/S INSTCACHE/S INSTBURST/S NOINSTCACHE/S

NOINSTBURST/S COPYBACK/S NOCOPYBACK/S EXTERNALCACHE/S

NOEXTERNALCACHE/S FASTROM/S NOFASTROM/S NOMMUTEST/S CHECK/K

Purpose: Change or display CPU settings e.g. caches, burst, fastrom. Useful for some backward compatibility.

CopyBack|NoCopyBack = Enable/disable copyback mode for 68040, ExternalCache|NoExternalCache = Enable/disable external

cache for 68040, FastRom|NoFastRom = Copy ROM Fast memory or not, NoMMUTest = Don't check for MMU, Check = Check cpu.

Example: CPU INSTCACHE FASTROM

Date

Format: Date Day Date Time To=Ver/K

Purpose: Display/change date or time

Parameters: Day = Day of the Week, Date = Date in dd-mmm-yy format, Time = Time in hh:mm[:ss] format, To = Save to

filename.

Example: Date To=date.txt

Delete

Format: Delete File/M/A ALL/S QUIET/S FORCE/S

Purpose: Delete files and/or directories.

Parameters: Files = One or more files, All = Delete all subfolders and files, Quiet = No output, Force = Ignore

protection flags when deleting.

Example: Delete OldFilesDir All

Dir

Format: Dir Dir Opt/K ALL/S DIRS/S FILES/S INTER/S

Purpose: List contents of a directory

Parameters: Dir = Directory, Opt = Option, Dirs = List directories, Files = List Files, Inter = Interactive mode.

Example: Dir S: Files

Diskchange

Format: Diskchange Device/A

Purpose: Tell Amigados that a disk has been swapped in a non-autosensing disk drive.

Parameters: Device = Name of removable device.

Example: Diskchange DF2:

Diskcopy

Format: Diskcopy from/A To/A Name/K NOVERIFY/S MULTI/S

Purpose: Duplicates disks

Parameters: from = Disk to copy from, To = Disk to copy to, Name = Volume name, NoVerify = Do not verify copy,

Multi = Make more than one copy.

Example: Diskcopy DF0: to DF1:

DiskDoctor

Format: Diskdoctor Drive/A

Purpose: Repairs disk problems (in place). Deprecated in WB2.

Parameters: Drive = Disk drive name.

Example: DiskDoctor DF0:

Echo

Format: Echo String/M NOLINE/S FIRST/K/N LEN/K/N TO/K

Purpose: Display text in a script or part of a string of text.

Parameters: String = Text to display, NoLine = Do not print a new line, First = Position of first character, Len =

Length of substring, To = Destination file.

Example: Echo "Enter your name: " NoLine

Format: ED from/A Size/N With/K Window/K Tabs/N Width=Cols/N

Height=Rows/N

Purpose: Edit text files (screen editor)

Parameters: from = File to Edit, Size = Size of Memory for file, With = Extended commands file, Window = Console window

(e.g. * = current), Tabs = Tab size, Width = Number of columns, Height = Number of rows.

Example: ED S:User-Startup

Edit

Format: Edit from/A To With/K Ver/K Opt/K Width/N Previous/N

Purpose: Edit text files (line editor)

Parameters: from = File to Edit, To = Destination file, With = Extended commands file, Opt = Options

Width = Number of columns, Previous = Number of previous vesions.

Example: Edit s:User-Startup With Ed-Script

Else

Format: Else

Purpose: Used with IF, if not true do these commands

Example: If Exists s:User-Startup

Say "User Startup already exists"

Else

Ed s:User-Startup

Endif

Endcli

Format: Endcli

Purpose: Close CLI console window

Example: Endcli

Endif

Format: Endif

Purpose: End a IF..ELSE..ENDIF block

Example: If $Age GT 65

Say "You are a pensioner!"

Endif

Endskip

Format: Endskip

Purpose: Stops a SKIP branch (for debugging)

Example: Endskip

Eval

Format: Eval Value1/A Op Value2/M To/K LFormat/K

Purpose: Evaluate a simple arithmetic expression

Parameters: Value1, Value2 = Values to evaluate (Decimal, Hex (0xn) or Octal (0nnn), Op = Operation (+,-,*,/,^,%),

To = File to save result, LFormat = Output format string (use *n to give a line feed).

Example: Eval $count + 1 to env:count

Execute

Format: Execute File/A

Purpose: Execute a script or batch file

Parameters: File = Script file to execute

Example: Execute PCD

Failat

Format: Failat RCLIM/A

Purpose: Change failure limit for scripts (0,5,10,20)

(0 - Ok, 5 - Warn, 10 - Error, 20 - Fail)

Parameters: RCLIM = Failat number (0-20)

Example: Failat 20

Fault

Format: Fault Error/N/M

Purpose: Display error message from a code

Parameters: Error = One or more error numbers

Example: Fault 221

"Fault 221: Disk is full"

Format: FF

Purpose: Turns on Fast Fonts

Example: FF

FileNote

Format: Filenote File/A Comment ALL/S QUIET/S

Purpose: Attach a comment to a file (see LIST)

Parameters: File = File to add comment to, Comment = Text to apply, All = Apply to all files, Quiet = No output

Example: FileNote List.txt "A list of people's names"

Format

Format: Format Device=Drive/K/A Name/K/A OFS/S FFS/S

INTL=INTERNATIONAL/S NOINTL=NOINTERNATIONAL/S

DIRCACHE/S NODIRCACHE/S NOICONS/S QUICK/S

Purpose: Initialises Amiga disks (in System drawer)

Parameters: Device|Drive = Disk device or name to format, Name = New volume name, OFS = Old Filing System,

FFS = Fast File System, Intl|International = FFS International mode, NoIntl|NoInternational = International mode

off, DirCache|NoDirCache = Directory caching on or off, NoIcons = No disk or trash icons, Quick = Less thorough format

Example: Format Drive DF0: Name "Docs" NOICONS FFS

Get

Format: Get Name/A

Purpose: Returns contents of local env variable

Parameters: Name = Enviornment variable name

Example: Get RC

Getenv

Format: Getenv Name/A

Purpose: Return contents of a global environment variable

Parameters: Name = Enviornment variable name

Example: Getenv Workbench

Iconx

Format: Iconx

Purpose: Enables a script to be run from Workbench. The script

must have a Project .info file and the Default Tool

set to c:IconX to run it.

Example: Iconx

Format: If NOT/S WARN/S ERROR/S FAIL/S EQ/K GT/K GE/K VAL/S EXISTS/K

Purpose: If condition is true execute following commands until

an ELSE or ENDIF occurs.

Parameters: Not = Reverse boolean result, Warn = Test warn flag from previous command, Error = Test error flag from

previous command, Fail = Test fail flag from previous command, EQ = Equality test, GT = Greater than test,

GE = Greater or equal test, VAL = Input is a number, Exists = Test file exists.

Example: IF WARN, IF $count GT 10, IF EXISTS C:List

Info

Format: Info Device

Purpose: Displays information about disks

Parameters: Device = Name of device to display

Example: Info DH0:

Install

Format: Install Device/A NOBOOT/S CHECK/S FFS/S

Purpose: Saves a bootblock to a disk. If you have only one drive

type INSTALL ? and swap disks and then type DF0: and

press RETURN to save bootblock.

Parameters: Device = Disk to install bootblock, NoBoot = Erase bootblock, Check = Test for bootblock, FFS = Use

Fast File System.

Example: Install DF0:

IPrefs

Format: IPrefs

Purpose: Initialises preferences files on startup.

Example: IPrefs

Join

Format: Join File/M/A AS=TO/K/A

Purpose: Join two or files together.

Parameters: File = File(s) to join together, To|as = Destination file

Example: Join File1 File2 File3 as FileFull

Lab

Format: Lab Label

Purpose: State a Label to Skip to in a script

Parameters: Label = Name of label

Example: Lab PROC2

List

Format: List Dir/M P=PAT/K KEYS/S DATES/S NODATES/S To/K Sub/K

Since/K Upto/K QUICK/S BLOCK/S NOHEAD/S FILES/S DIRS/S

LFORMAT/K ALL/S

Purpose: List file details in a directory.

Parameters: Dir = One or more directory name(s), Keys = Display keys, NoDates = Do not display dates, To = Destination

file, Sub = Subdirectories included, Since = List files since date given, Upto = List files up to given date, Quick =

Simple directory list, Block = List files in block sizes, NoHead = Do not display header lines, Files = Files only,

Dirs = Directorys only, LFormat = Output list using this format string, All = All files.

Example: List Workbench: Block Dates Since=01-Jul-00

LoadWB

Format: Loadwb -DEBUG/S DELAY/S CLEANUP/S NEWPATH/S

Purpose: Display workbench screen

Parameters: Debug = Activate debug menu, Delay = Wait 3 secs before loading, Cleanup = Clean up desktop,

NewPath = Resnap current path settings.

Example: LoadWB -Debug

Lock

Format: Lock Drive/A ON/S OFF/S Passkey

Purpose: Lock a device from writing.

Parameters: Drive = Drive to lock, On|Off = Turn lock on or off, PassKey = Specify password.

Example: Lock DH1: On GHK459

MagTape

Format: MagTape Device/K Unit/N/K RET=RETENSION/S REW=REWIND/S SKIP/N/K

Purpose: Controls magnetic tape device.

Parameters: Device = Tape device, Unit = Unit number, Ret|Retension = Retension tape, Rew|Rewind = Rewind tape,

Skip = Skip parts of tape by a value.

Example: Magtape Device TAPE1: Unit 0 REWIND

MakeDir

Format: Makedir Name/M

Purpose: Create one or more new directories.

Parameters: Name = One or more directories to create.

Example: MakeDir DH1:Docs DH1:Basic DH0:TempFiles

MakeLink

Format: MakeLink from/A To/A HARD/S FORCE/S

Purpose: Creates a logical link between files

Parameters: from = Link file, To = Actual file, Hard = Hard link, Force = Link to sub-directory

Example: MakeLink T C:Type Hard

Mount

Format: Mount Device/M from/K

Purpose: Loads and mount a device

Parameters: Device = Device to mount, from = Mount file

Example: Mount DEVS:CD0

Newcli

Format: Newcli Window from

Purpose: Open a new CLI console (CON) window

Window format: CON:X/Y/Width/Height/Name/Option(s)

Options: Auto,Backdrop,Noborder, Nodrag,Simple,

Smart,Wait,Close

Parameters: Window = Window config string, from = Alternative script to Shell-Script.

Options. Auto = Open only when output sent to it, Backdrop = Open as a backdrop behind other windows, NoBorder = No left or

bottom borders, NoDrag = No draggable title bar, Simple = Simple refresh, Smart = Smart refresh, Wait = Remain open

under window is close manually.

Example: Newcli CON:0/10/400/200/Shell/CLOSE

NewShell

Format: NewShell Window from

Purpose: Open a new Shell console (CON) window

Parameters: Window = Window config string, from = Alternative script to Shell-Script.

Example: NewShell from S:Shell-Startup

Path

Format: Path Path/M ADD/S SHOW/S RESET/S REMOVE/S QUIET/S

Purpose: Set or change the program search path

Parameters: Path = Directory path to change, Add = Add path, Show = Display path, Reset = Clear path,

Remove = Remove entry from path, Quiet = No output

Example: Path SC:C Add

Prompt

Format: Prompt Prompt

Purpose: Change the prompt text (Codes: %R = last return code,

%S = Current path, %N = CLI Number)

Parameters: Prompt = Path format

Example: Prompt "%N.%S> "

Protect

Format: Protect File/A Flags ADD/S SUB/S ALL/S QUIET/S

Purpose: Change the 'rwedsp' flags of a file. (r=read,w=write,

e=execute,d=delete,s=script,p=pure)

Parameters: File = File to change, Flags = One or more flags, Add = Add flag(s) to existing flags, Sub = Remove

flags from file, All = Change all files, Quiet = No output

Example: Protect Editor rwed

Quit

Format: Quit RC/N

Purpose: Quit a script with optional return code

Parameters: RC = Return Code

Example: Quit 5

Relabel

Format: Relabel Drive/A Name/A

Purpose: Change name of a disk

Parameters: Drive = Disk to change, Name = New volume name

Example: Relabel DF0: "Documents"

RemRAD

Format: RemRAD Device FORCE/S

Purpose: Remove RAD device from memory

Parameters: Device = RAD device, Force = Remove even if in use

Example: RemRAD RAD:

Rename

Format: Rename from/A/M To=As/A QUIET/S

Purpose: Rename or move one or more files

Parameters: from = Old filename, To|As = New filename, Quiet = No output

Example: Rename MyDoc as MyDoc.doc

RequestChoice

Format: RequestChoice Title/A Body/A Gadgets/M PubScreen/K

Purpose: Asks for input via a requester

Parameters: Title = Title for dialog box, Body = Text for dialog box, Gadgets = List of buttons, Pubscreen = Screen

to use.

Example: RequestChoice >ENV:RT "Format" "About to format your hard

disk*nAre you sure?" "Go ahead" "No way!"

RequestFile

Format: RequestFile Drawer File/K Pattern/K Title/K Positive/K

Negative/K AcceptPattern/K RejectPattern/K SAVEMODE/S

MULTISELECT/S DRAWERSONLY/S NOICONS/S PUBSCREEN/K

Parameters: Drawer = Initial drawer to use, File = Initial file name, Pattern = Use pattern as filter, Title =

Title of dialog box, Positive = Text for OK button, Negative = Text for Cancel button, AcceptPattern = Defines

file pattern(s) to show (overrides Pattern), RejectPattern = Pattern(s) of files to hide, SaveMode = Change colors

to indicate Save or other mode, MultiSelect = Allow multiple file selection, DrawersOnly = Display only directories,

NoIcons = Suppress info files, PubScreen = Screen to use.

Purpose: Asks for a filename via ASL file requester

Example: RequestFile >ENV:File Title "Select a File" Positive "Load" Noicons

Resident

Format: Resident Name File REMOVE/S ADD/S REPLACE/S PURE=FORCE/S SYSTEM/S

Purpose: Stores AmigaDOS command in memory (quicker then reloading

from disk each time it is executed). To ensure a

command can be made resident check the pure flag (see List).

Parameters: Name|File = File to be made resident, Remove = Remove file from resident list, Add = Add file to resident

memory, Pure|Force = Force a non-pure file to be resident, System = Show system's resident code segments.

Example: Resident C:Dir Pure

Run

Format: Run Command/F

Purpose: Execute a program in the background (multi-task)

Parameters: Command = Program to run

Example: Run Printfiles Doc1

Format: Search from/M Search/A ALL/S NONUM/S QUIET/S QUICK/S

FILE/S PATTERN/S

Purpose: Search for a string in a file or a file on a disk

Parameters: from = Directory to seach from, Search = Text to search for, All = Search sub-directories, NoNum = Line

numbers are not displayed, Quiet = No Output, Quick = Reduce output listing, File = Search a file rather than

content, Pattern = Search using a pattern.

Example: Search SYS: "List" File All

Set

Format: Set Name String/F

Purpose: Sets or lists a local environment variable (local to current

shell or current process)

Parameters: Name = Variable name, String = Text or number for variable

Example: Set MyName "Peter"

SetClock

Format: Setclock LOAD/S SAVE/S RESET/S

Purpose: Load or set the date and time from battery-backed clock

Parameters: Load = Load date from clock, Save = Save date and time to clock, Reset = Resets the click

Example: Date 27-Nov-00 10:00, SetClock Save

SetDate

Format: Setdate File/A Weekday Date Time ALL/S

Purpose: Set date of a file or directory (see List)

Parameters: File = File to change, Weekday = Day of week, Date = Date, Time = Time, All = All files

Example: Setdate DEVS: Monday 10:30

Setenv

Format: Setenv Name String/F

Purpose: Change the contents of an environment variable

Parameters: Name = Variable name, String = Text or number for variable

Example: Setenv Workbench "3.1"

Setfont

Format: Setfont Name/A Size/N/A SCALE/S PROP/S ITALIC/S

BOLD/S UNDERLINE/S

Purpose: Sets console font

Parameters: Name = Font name, Size = Font size, Scale = Scale font to size, Prop = Specify if a Proportional font,

Italic = Use italic font, Bold = Use bold font, Underline = Use underlined font

Example: SetFont Courier 15 Bold

SetKeyboard

Format: Setkeyboard Keymap/A

Purpose: Sets keyboard layout using layouts in Devs:Keymaps.

You can use the Input preferences instead.

Parameters: Keymap = Keymap file to use

Example: SetKeyboard USA0

SetMap

Format: SetMap <keymap id>

Purpose: Sets keyboard layout. Deprecated in WB2.

Keymaps include CDN,CH1,CH2,D,DK,E,F,GB,I,IS,N,S,USA0,USA1,USA2.

Keymap can be set in icon using Tooltype: KEYMAP=<map>

Parameters: Keymap = Keymap file to use

Example: Setmap GB

SetPatch

Format: Setpatch QUIET/S NOCACHE/S REVERSE/S NOAGA/S

Purpose: Patch Operating System functions and remove bugs (43.4)

Example: Setpatch Quiet

SetPatch

Format: Setpatch QUIET/S NOCACHE/S REVERSE/S NONSD/S NOAGA/S PATCHCONFIGFILE=PCF/K

PATCHCONFIGLINE=PCL/K PATCHINFO=PI/S FORCEUPDATE/S KILLUPDATE/S NOROMUPDATE/S

DISABLEROMMODULES/S SKIPROMUPDATES=SKIPROMMODULES/K WAITFORVALIDATE/S

AVOIDMEMFKICKFORPATCHES/S

Purpose: Patch Operating System functions, enable/disable ROM updates, disable

HD NDS mode, wait for disk validation and remove bugs (44.38)

Parameters: Quiet = No output, NoCache = Cache off, Reverse = Reverse action of setpatch, NoNSD = No New Style

Device (Large HD support), PatchConfigFile = Specify a patch config file, PatchConfigLine = Specify a Patch

Config line, PatchInfo = Show patch info, ForceUpdate = Install updates despite something installed

earlier, NoRomUpdate = Do not install ROM updates, DisableRomModules = Remove some ROM modules (can cause a

crash), SkipROMUpdates = Skip following updates,WaitForValidate = Waits for all volumes to be

validated, AvoidMemFKickForPatches = Ignore MemFKick for Patches.

Example: Setpatch NOROMUPDATE NONSD QUIET

Skip

Format: Skip Label BACK/S

Purpose: Jump to a label in a script (see Lab). Use back if

label occurs before Skip command.

Parameters: Label = Label name to skip to, Back = Go back in script to label

Example: Skip Lab2 Back

Sort

Format: Sort from/A To/A Colstart/K CASE/S NUMERIC/S

Purpose: Sort a file and output to new file

Parameters: from = File to sort, To = Output file, Colstart = Column to sort from, Case = Upper

case entries are done first, Numeric = Input treated as numbers.

Example: Sort Figures To SortedFigures Numeric

Stack

Format: Stack Size/N

Purpose: Change/display amount of stack space in bytes.

Parameters: Size = Stack size in bytes

Example: Stack 10000

Status

Format: Status Process/N FULL/S TCB/S CLI=ALL/S COM=COMMAND/K

Purpose: Display status of running programs. TCB is Task Control Block

Parameters: Process = Task number, Full = Full output of process info, TCB = Information except

the command name, CLI|All = Command info only, COM|Command = Search for command.

Example: Status 2 Full

Type

Format: Type from/A/M TO/K OPT H|N/K HEX/S NUMBER/S

Purpose: Display contents of text file on screen and binary files using

HEX with optional line numbers.

Parameters: from = Text file to display, To = Output file or device, Opt H | Hex = Display

as hex values, Opt N | Number = Number the lines.

Example: Type C:DIR HEX

Unset

Format: Unset Name

Purpose: Remove a local env variable

Parameters: Name = Environment variable name

Example: Unset MyName

UnSetEnv

Format: UnSetEnv Name

Purpose: Remove a global env variable

Parameters: Name = Environment variable name

Example: UnSetEnv Workbench

Unalias

Format: Unalias Name

Purpose: Remove a short name for a command

Parameters: Name = Alias name

Example: UnAlias MyDir

Version

Format: Version Name Version/N Revision/N FILE/S FULL/S

Unit/N INTERNAL/S RES/S

Purpose: Display workbench, library or device version information.

Parameters: Name = File, Version = Print Kickstart or Workbench number and sets env variables and sets

Warn flag, Revision = As Version but for Revision numer, File = Check file rather than memory,

Full = Display full information, Internal = Check internal files, Res = Check resident files.

Example: Version Kickstart Version=39 Revision=106

Wait

Format: Wait Time/N SEC=SECS/S MIN=MINS/S UNTIL/K

Purpose: Wait for a specified period of time

Parameters: Time = Time period in either Sec (Seconds) or Mins (Minutes), Until = Wait until a time

Example: Wait Until 12:00

Which

Format: Which File/A NORES/S RES/S ALL/S

Purpose: Find where a file is in command path (see Path) and sets Warn flag.

Parameters: File = File to locate, NoRes = Resident list is not searched, Res = Only the resident

list is searched, All = Search full path.

Example: Which Multiview

Why

Format: Why

Purpose: Display reason why a previous command failed

Example: Why

Key

/A Required argument

/F Final argument in list

/K Keyword must be entered with argument

/M Multiple arguments

/N Number

/S Switch (optional)

Additional AmigaDOS commands

DMS

Format: DMS Read file[.DMS] [from dev:] [TEXT filetext] [CMODE mode] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOZERO] [ENCRYPT password]

DMS Write file[.DMS],,, [TO dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOTEXT] [NOPAUSE [DECRYPT password]

DMS Repack file[.DMS] [TO dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [CMODE mode]

DMS View file[.DMS],,, [FULL] DMS Text file[.DMS],,,

DMS Test file[.DMS],,, DMS Help

Purpose: To read, write or view Disk Masher disk images of floppy disks.

Example: DMS Write MyDisk.DMS from DF0:

Installer

Format: Installer [SCRIPT] filename <[APPNAME] name> <[MINIUSER] level> <[DEFUSER] default> <[LOGFILE]

logname> <[LANGUAGE] language> <NOPRETEND> <NOLOG> <NOPRINT>

Purpose: To install an application via an installer script. Usually provided as a default tool for script

files in icon.

Example: Installer SCRIPT InstallApp APPNAME MyProgram LOGFILE DH0:MyProgram.log

LHA

Format: LHA [-options] <command> <archive[.LZH|LHA]> [[homedir] <filespec...] [@file] [destination]

Purpose: To create, modify or list LHA or LZH files

Examples:

LHA a pictures.lha #?.jpg (archives all jpg files into pictures.lha)

LHA l pictures.lha (lists all files in pictures.lha)

LHA x pictures.lha (extracts all files from pictures.lha)

LZX

Format: LZX [-options] <command> <archive> [<file> ...] [<destdir>]

Purpose: To create, modify or list LZX archive files.

Examples:

LZX a documents.lzx #?.doc (archives all doc files into documents.lzx)

LZX l documents.lzx (lists all files in documents.lzx)

LZX x documents.lzx (extracts all files from documents.lzx)

Additional AmigaDOS Information

Clear Screen
Example: Echo "*E[0;0H*E[J"
Purpose: Clears the AmigaOS screen. Uses printer commands to control text formatting in CLI, so *E is equivalent to ESC character.
The command clear is normally defined using an Alias or an AmigaDOS script in S: folder.

Text in Italics
Example: Echo "*E[3mItalics*E[23m"
Purpose: *E[3m turns on italics and *E[23m turns off italics

Text in Bold
Example: Echo "*E[1mBold*E[22m"
Purpose: *E[1m turns on bold, and *E[22m turns off bold.

Underline Text
Example: Echo "*E[4mUnderline*E[24m"
Purpose: *E[4m turns on underline, and *E24m turns off underline.

Colored Text
Example: Echo "*E[32mRed Text*E[0m"
Purpose: *E[nm where n=30-39 for foreground color or n=40-49 for background color.
*E[0m resets to normal character set.

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