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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).

RCV		Starts reading messages in your "mail box".  For a list of
		alternative commands, say "?" when it asks for a command.

MAIL LES	Initiates a message to user LES.  It first requests a subject,
		then the text of the message.  The message is terminated with
		a <control>Z character (i.e. hold down the CONTROL key and
		type "Z").

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)