The individual commands are treated in alphabetical order in the following section. The novice would be well-served by reading the treatments of the data, model, newpar, and fit commands, in that order, then the other commands as needed. The write-up for each command includes a brief description of the purpose, an outline of the correct syntax, a more detailed discussion of the command assumptions and purpose, and a series of examples. Some commands have one or more subcommands that are similarly described following the command.
In the command description, the syntax uses the following conventions.
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<arg> |
an argument to the command |
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<arg c> =:: <arg a> <arg b> |
defines <arg c> as <arga> followed by <argb> |
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<arg>... |
a repeated string of arguments of the same type |
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[<arg>] |
is an optional argument |
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<arg a> | <arg b> |
indicates a choice between an argument of<arg a> or <arg b> |
Exceptional responses to the command prompt are :
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empty line or line containing only spaces and tab characters |
nothing performed, prompt repeated |
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/ |
any remaining arguments will have the values given on the last invocation of the command |
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<EOF> (Ctrl-D on Unix) |
same as quit |
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/* |
skip input and return to prompt. Defaults for prompted values will be used. |
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?, ?command, command ? |
Print list of commands, or summary help for a single command |