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PARAMETER

EXAMPLES

Qualifiers

/ALL

/ERASE

HELP RECALL — VMS 5.5-2H4

   Displays previously entered commands on the screen for subsequent
   execution.

   Format

     RECALL  [command-specifier]

Additional information available:

PARAMETEREXAMPLES

Qualifiers

PARAMETER

command-specifier
   Specifies the number or the first several characters of the
   command you want to recall.

   The specified characters should be unique. If they are not unique,
   the RECALL command displays the most recently entered command line
   that matches those characters. For example, suppose you enter a
   SHOW STATUS command and later enter a SHOW TIME command. If you
   then type RECALL S, the SHOW TIME command is recalled. You must
   type RECALL SHOW S to recall the SHOW STATUS command. The number
   of the command can be from 1 to 20 (where 1 is the last command
   entered).

   The RECALL command itself is never assigned a number. If no
   command specifier is entered, the RECALL command recalls the most
   recently entered command. You can use the /ALL qualifier to have
   the system display all the commands in the RECALL buffer, along
   with their command numbers, to verify the number of the command
   you want to recall.

Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/ALL/ERASE

/ALL

   Displays all the commands (and their numbers) available for
   recall. Remember that the RECALL command is never stored in the
   RECALL buffer.

/ERASE

   Erases the contents of the recall buffer.

EXAMPLES

   1.  $ RECALL T

     The RECALL command in this example recalls the last command
     entered that begins with the letter T.

   2.  $ SHOW DEFAULT
         DISK3:[SMITH]
       $ DIRECTORY SEPT*
         %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found
       $ SET DEFAULT [SMITH.LETTERS]
       $ RECALL/ALL
         1 SET DEFAULT [SMITH.LETTERS]
         2 DIRECTORY SEPT*
         3 SHOW DEFAULT
       $ RECALL 2
       $ DIRECTORY SEPT*
         %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found
       $ RECALL 2
       $ SET DEFAULT [SMITH.LETTERS]
         <edit command line>
       $ SET DEFAULT [SMITH.MEMOS]
       $ RECALL 2
       $ DIRECTORY SEPT*

     This example starts with a SHOW DEFAULT and a DIRECTORY
     command. After not finding the file you want, enter the SET
     DEFAULT command to move to the LETTERS subdirectory. Next use
     the RECALL/ALL command to see the list of commands you have
     entered. Enter the RECALL 2 command to repeat the DIRECTORY
     command in the LETTERS subdirectory. Because you still have
     not found the file you want, enter the RECALL 2 command again
     to recall the SET DEFAULT command. (With the entry of the
     latest DIRECTORY command, SET DEFAULT becomes command 2 in
     the RECALL list.) Edit the command line so that the system
     sets the default to the MEMOS subdirectory. Finally, recall the
     DIRECTORY command to try once more to find the file.

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