HELP DECK — VMS 5.4
Marks the beginning of an input stream for a command or program.
The DECK command is required in command procedures when the first
nonblank character in any data record in the stream is a dollar
sign ($).
Can be used only after a request to execute a command or program
that requires input data.
Format
DECK
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QUALIFIER
Additional information available:
/DOLLARS
/DOLLARS[=string]
Sets the EOF indicator to the specified string of 1 to 15
characters. Specify a string if the input data contains one or
more records beginning with the string $EOD. Enclose the string in
quotation marks (" ") if it contains literal lowercase letters,
multiple blanks, or tabs. If you do not specify /DOLLARS, or if
you specify /DOLLARS without specifying a string, you must use the
EOD command to signal the end-of-file (EOF).