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B
Syntactic Variables
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The commands are shown using a modified Backus-Naur form
syntax. The metasymbols used are:
boldface strings
A boldface string is a literal such as a command or a
program name, and is to be typed just as it appears.
italic strings
An italic string is a Òsyntactic variableÓ and is to be
replaced by one of a class of items it represents.
|
A vertical bar separating two or more items
indicates that a choice is to be made; only one of the
items separated by this symbol should be selected.
[ ]
Square brackets enclose an item that is optional. The
item may appear zero or one time.
{ }
Braces enclose an optional symbol that may occur
zero or more times.
The following syntactic variables are encountered in the command
descriptions which follow. In addition, other syntactic variables
may be used and are defined in the particular command
description in which they occur.
DEL
Delimiter; either a comma or a space.
EXP
Expression (described in detail in a following section).
ADDR
Address (described in detail in a following section).
COUNT
Count; the syntax is the same as for EXP.
RANGE
A range of memory addresses which may be speciÞed
either by ADDR DEL ADDR or by ADDR: COUNT.
TEXT
An ASCII string of up to 255 characters, delimited at
each end by the single quote mark (').
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