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help utility

command: HELP [<cmds>]

Displays help information about seismic handler commands. It is possible to get a directory of all commands available (HELP/DIR), a command menu with short catchwords (HELP/KEY), a list of lines containing command verb and its parameters (HELP/CALL) or detailed information about one or more commands specified by <cmds> (without qualifier).

parameters

• <cmds> parameter type: string
  Name of command or wild card expression ("*" is wild card for arbitrary text). The HELP command without parameter is equivalent to the command "HELP/DIR *", it displays the directory of all help items available.

qualifiers

• /dir (SH only)
  Displays all command verbs matching the wild card expression <cmds>. The HELP command without any parameter is equivalent to "HELP/DIR *".

• /call (SH only)
  Displays all commands matching the wild card expression <cmds> with their parameter lists (without description of parameters).

• /key (SH only)
  Displays a menu of commands matching the wild card expression <cmds> with a very short description of the command.

examples

help

displays a list of all available command verbs

help FILTER

displays the whole information about the FILTER command

help FIL*

displays the whole information about all commands beginning with "FIL"

help/key

displays a list of all available command verbs with catch words

help/key FIL*

same as above restricted to commands beginning with "FIL"

help/dir FIL*

list of all command verbs beginning with "FIL"

help/dir *

equivalent to plain "HELP"

help/call

displays all available commands with parameter list

help/call FIL*

displays commands beginning with "FIL" with parameter list