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Simple SAIL System Commands for Teletype-like Terminals
Les Earnest 11 August 1976
All commands end with <carriage return>.
Computer accounts are designated by PROJECT and USER initials (one to three
letters each). E.g. "1,BAR" refers to project 1 of user BAR. File names
are of the form SAMPLE.SAI[1,BAR], where the name SAMPLE may be up to six
letters long, the extension SAI may be up to three letters and is usually
used to designate the class of file (e.g. "SAI" means that this is a
program written in the SAIL programming language. If the account
designation [1,BAR] is omitted, your own account is presumed.
COMMAND EFFECT
L 1/BAR Logs you in as project 1, user BAR. If there is a password
on this account (as there must be for remote login), you will
be asked for it, but your answer will not be printed.
To change the password, log in with "%" in place of "/".
HELP Prints a list of topics that the system has information about.
If you say "HELP <topic>" it will type a bit of information on
that topic.
K Kills your job (logs you off).
DIR Lists the names of all files in your account directory.
DIR *.SAI[*,REG] Lists the names of all files that have an SAI extension
in any account belonging to user REG ("*" means "any").
TYPE SAMPLE.SAI Types out the file SAMPLE.SAI stored under your account.
CREATE LIST Creates an empty text file called LIST and lets you insert
text using the SOS editor. See the SOS Manual for editing
commands.
ED LIST.OLD Starts SOS editing an existing file called LIST.OLD.
COPY PEOPLE←JERKS.OLD Makes a copy of the file JERKS.OLD in a new file
called PEOPLE.
RENAME PEOPLE←JERKS.OLD Changes the name of JERKS.OLD to PEOPLE.
DELETE PEOPLE,*.OLD Deletes the file PEOPLE and all files with extension OLD.
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To stop any program that is running, type <control>C twice (i.e. push down
the keymarked "Control" and hit "C" twice). To make a program stop typing
out without halting, type <control>O.
To correct a command that has been partially typed, type BS or DEL once for
each character you wish to delete, or type <control>U to delete the entire
line.
For more complete information on commands, see the Monitor Command Manual
(SAILON-54.5)