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Tacl Cheatsheet
Commands
some often used TACL Commands
Command
cmd
PowerShell
Description
!
↑+↵ Enter
↑+↵ Enter
↑+↵ Enter
Reexecute previous command
?
↑
↑
↑
Display previous command
FC
N/A
N/A
N/A
Display previous command for modifying
HISTORY
history
doskey /h
history
Display list of previously issued command lines
ENV
env
env
env
Display environment
EOF!
CTRL+y
env
env
Stop execution of command or tool
EXIT
exit
CTRL+c
CTRL+c
Stop execution of command or tool
FILES
ls
dir /B
ls -Name
List files in current directory
FILEINFO
ls -lisa
dir
ls
List details for files in current directory
HELP
man
help
help
Help
LOGON
logon
logon
logon
Logon
PASSWORD
passwd
passwd
passwd
Set or change password
PMSEARCH
echo "$PATH"
set path
$env:path
Display paths to be searched for executables or macros
SETPROMPT ALL
PS1='\h(\u)\W>'
prompt $p$g
N/A
Set promptline's prefix
STATUS
ps
tasklist
Get-Process
Display status of running processes
STOP
kill
taskkill
Stop-Process
Stop running process
VOLUME
cd
cd
cd
Changes your current volume and/or subvolume
WHO
whoami
whoami
whoami
Display info for user
Tools
Often used Tools
Command
cmd
PowerShell
Description
SYSINFO
cat /etc/*-release
systeminfo
systeminfo
Lists operating system version and some hardware details
EDIT
N/A
N/A
N/A
Text Editor (linemode)
FUP
N/A
N/A
N/A
File Utility Program
PATHCOM
N/A
N/A
N/A
Pathway Command Interface
PERUSE
N/A
N/A
N/A
Spooler Interface
SCF
N/A
N/A
N/A
Subsystem Control Facility
SCUP
N/A
N/A
N/A
Screen Cobol Utility Progrem
SPOOLCOM
N/A
N/A
N/A
Spooler Interface
SQLCI
N/A
N/A
N/A
SQL Command Interface
TEDIT
nano
edit
edit
Text Editor (blockmode)
TMFCOM
N/A
N/A
N/A
TMF Command interface
VIEWPT
N/A
N/A
N/A
Display logged messages
Meta Characters
Meta Characters
Character
verbal Names
Description
*
Example
Example
Any Character(s)
?
Example
Example
One Character
==
Double equal signs
Specifies a comment from the equal signs to EOL
[ ]
Square brackets
Cause TACL to expand the enclosed text
{ }
Pair of braces
Specifies a label; used in #CASE, #DEF, #IF, and #LOOP functions
| |
Pair of vertical lines
Specifies a label; used in #CASE, #DEF, #IF, and #LOOP functions
~
Tilde
Changes the interpretation of the next character (or in the case of double equal signs two characters)
Separators
Separators
Character
verbal Names
Description
space bar
Space
,
Comma
(
Left Parenthesis
)
Right Parenthesis
/
Slash
;
Semicolon
↵ Enter
carriage return
Physical EOL
~;
Tilde Semicolon
Logical EOL
&
Ampersand
An ampersand & at the end of a line of TACL commands or function calls signals that the line continues on the next physical line. This continuation applies to executable statements and comments, with two exceptions:
TACL does not interpret data transmitted by a process or file opened using #REQUESTER or #SERVER; any special characters are treated as text. If you receive a line that contains an ampersand, TACL does not view the ampersand as a continuation character.
You cannot use the continuation character with a TACL directive (a line beginning with a question mark).
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