Uppercase Characters And Escape Characters - HP -UX SNAplus2 Administration Manual

node
The SNAplus2 node associated with the service point
name spname (for SPCF commands)
unix
The UCF daemon program running on the SNAplus2
computer associated with the service point name
spname (for UCF commands)
commandtext
Supplies the text of the command being issued. For
SPCF, this is a command issued to the SNAplus2
command-line administration program. For UCF, it is a
command for the HP-UX operating system. For more
information about the commands that can be used, see
"Restrictions on Administration Commands Used with
SPCF" or "Permitted Commands".

Uppercase Characters and Escape Characters

Although HP-UX distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase
alphabetic characters, the NetView program does not. Instead, it
translates all characters into uppercase before sending them to the
HP-UX computer. Also, the host character set may not support the
square bracket characters [ and ], which are required in some
commands.
RCF provides support for uppercase characters and square bracket
characters using the backslash character \, as follows:
• To include an uppercase character in the command string, include a
backslash character before it. Any alphabetic character not preceded
by a backslash is interpreted as lowercase.
• To include the square bracket characters [ and ], use the sequences
\( and \), respectively.
• To include the backslash character \ itself, type it twice.
If a single backslash is followed by any other nonalphabetic character,
the backslash is ignored and the character is left unchanged.
Some examples are shown in Table 10-1, "Using Escape Characters in
RCF Commands."
Chapter 10
Managing SNAplus2 from NetView
Using the Host NetView Program
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