Displays a file or files in text format on SYS$OUTPUT (your terminal
unless you reassign SYS$OUTPUT).

Format
 TYPE file-spec,...

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

file-spec,...
 The specification(s) of file(s) being displayed. Wildcard characters
 are allowed. The plus sign can be used in place of the comma between
 file specifications. The file type defaults to LIS.

Additional information available:

/BACKUP/BEFORE/BY_OWNER/CONFIRM/CREATED/EXCLUDE
/EXPIRED/MODIFIED/OUTPUT/PAGE/SINCE

 /CREATED (default)
 /EXPIRED
 /MODIFIED
 Selects files according to the dates of their most recent backups,
 their creation dates, their expiration dates, or the dates of their
 last modifications. Relevant only with the /BEFORE and /SINCE
 qualifiers.

 Displays only those files with dates (creation, modification,
 expiration, or backup) that precede the specified time. You can
 specify time as absolute or a combination of absolute and delta times,
 or as one of the following keywords: TODAY (default), TOMORROW, and
 YESTERDAY.

 Displays only those files with the specified user identification code.
 The default uic is that of the current process.

 /NOCONFIRM (default)
 Issues a request for confirmation before displaying each file.
 The following responses are valid:

 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | YES      | Type the file                                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | NO       | Do not type the file                          |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | TRUE     | Type the file                                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | FALSE    | Do not type the file                          |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | 1        | Type the file                                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | 0        | Do not type the file                          |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | <RETURN> | Do not type the file                          |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | ALL      | Continue execution of the command with no     |
 |          | further confirmation prompts                  |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | <CTRL/Z> | Stop execution of the command                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | QUIT     | Stop execution of the command                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+

 See /BACKUP.

 Excludes the specified file(s) from display. The qualifier value
 file-spec cannot include a device name.  Wildcard characters are
 supported for file specifications.  However, you cannot use relative
 version numbers to exclude a specific version.

 See /BACKUP.

 See /BACKUP.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Specifies the file to which the display is written; by default, the
 display is written to the current SYS$OUTPUT device.

 /NOPAGE (default)
 Displays a screenful of the specified file with each <RETURN>.

 Selects for display only those files dated (creation, modification,
 expiration, or backup) after the specified time. You can specify time
 as absolute or a combination of absolute and delta times, or as one of
 the following keywords: TODAY (default), TOMORROW, and YESTERDAY.