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Making Your Own Commands How to Use Terminal Input with Command Files
Page 180 MDE-4315 CFN Series CFN III Manager’s Manual for Windows NT · August 2004
How to Use Terminal Input with Command Files
To have a command in a command file print prompts and take input from the terminal, you can
use the T (terminal) option with that command in the command file. The T option disables
redirection for that command and causes the command to prompt for all input from the
terminal instead of taking input from the file. Any other output from the command will also be
printed on the terminal.
When the command with the T option ends, input is taken from the file again and redirection is
enabled. When the command file above is executed, the commands LOAD SHIFT and PRINT
TOTALS will print their normal prompts and take input from the terminal.
Command File Commands
How to Print a Line with ECHO
ECHO or EC sends its arguments to standard output. Standard output normally prints on the
command terminal, but can be redirected to a file. If you use ECHO in a command file that is
executed by cron, the output will disappear unless it is redirected to a file.
ECHO adds a new line after the line it prints by adding a carriage return after the printed line.
ECHO;A does not put a carriage return after the echoed text.
For command files that will be executed from the console, use ECHO;T to have output
displayed on the console. Without the T option, ECHO will send its output to the log printer
when executed from the console.
You can use ECHO to, for instance, display a reassuring message that the command is in the
process of working.
P* TYPE NEWSHIFT.CMD ↵
stop
* stop halts any new transactions
* from starting until shift change
* is completed
load shift;t
print totals;at
run
* run resumes operations after stop
P*
P* NEWSHIFT
↵
stop
load shift;t
Shift number? 1
print totals;at
Which totals? 3
- - - Shift 3 from Sun 9/19/99 9:51 PM to Mon 9/20/99 6:35 AM - - -
1
1 Regular 38 35.25
2 1 Unleaded 20 18.55
3 1 Premium 41 47.95
4 1 Diesel 33 26.91
---- ------
132 128.66
run
P*