cmdo(1)                                                   cmdo(1)



     NAME
          cmdo - build commands interactively

     SYNOPSIS
          cmdo [command-name]

     DESCRIPTION
          cmdo helps you build A/UX commands using specialized Macin-
          tosh dialog boxes.  The dialog boxes make it easy to select
          options, choose files, and access help information, as well
          as build compound command lines.

          Commands with many options and parameters may employ one or
          more nested dialog boxes.

          cmdo may be run in one of three ways:

          1.   Double-click a command's icon from the Finder.

          2.   Enter a complete cmdo command line:

                  cmdo command-name


          3.   Type a partial command line containing only the name of
               the command within a CommandShell window, then select
               Commando from the Edit menu.  The Command-key
               equivalent for selecting Commando from the menu is
               COMMAND-K.

          The first two methods of invoking cmdo execute the command.
          The third method pastes the command line arguments onto the
          command line so that more commands, flag options, and argu-
          ments can be added to create the desired command line.  A
          command line can even be created with cmdo consisting of
          many commands piped together, also known as a compound com-
          mand line. Pressing the RETURN key executes the command.

     EXAMPLES
             cmdo ls

          displays the ls Commando dialog box.

     FILES
          /etc/cmdo

     SEE ALSO
          CommandShell(1).

     NOTES
          This command is not supported in 24-bit mode and must be run
          from the command line while logged into the Macintosh en-



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     cmdo(1)                                                   cmdo(1)



          vironment with the 32-bit session type.






















































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