locate(1)
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locate Command
identify a DG/UX system command using keywords
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SYNTAX
[ help ] locate
[ help ] locate [ keyword1 [ keyword2 ] ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The locate command is part of the DG/UX system Help Facility, and
provides on-line assistance with identifying DG/UX system
commands.
If locate is entered without arguments, the initial locate screen
is displayed. A user may enter keywords and receive a list of
DG/UX system commands whose functional attributes match those in
the keyword list, or may return to the shell by typing q (for
"quit"). For example, if you wish to print the contents of a
file, enter "k" for keywords then the keywords "print" and
"file". The locate command would then print the names of all
commands related to the keywords.
Keywords may also be entered directly from the shell as arguments
to the locate command (see above). In this case, the initial
screen is not displayed, and the resulting command list is
printed.
More detailed information on a command in the list produced by
locate can be obtained by entering "d" (description), "e"
(example), or "o"(options).
From any screen in the Help Facility, a user may execute a
command via the shell (sh(1)) by typing a ! and the command to be
executed. The screen will be redrawn if the command that was
executed was entered at the initial locate screen. If entered at
any other menu screen, only the prompt will be redrawn.
By default, the Help Facility scrolls the data that is presented
to the user. If you prefer to have the screen cleared before
printing the data (non-scrolling), the shell environment variable
SCROLL must be set to no. This is done in the Bourne shell,
sh(1), by adding the following line to your .profile file (see
profile(4)): "SCROLL=no ; export SCROLL". In the csh(1), add
the following line to your .login file: "setenv SCROLL no". If
you later decide that scrolling is desired, SCROLL must be set to
yes.
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locate(1)
Information on each of the Help Facility commands (starter,
locate, usage, glossary, and help) is located on their respective
manual pages.
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EXAMPLES
$ locate
Prints a menu screen that prompts you to enter a set of keywords
related to the command you want to find.
$ locate print file format
Prints a screen containing a list of DG/UX system commands whose
functions are related to the keywords "print", "file", and
"format". It also prints a menu that allows you to enter new
keywords, or request detailed information about any command.
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SEE ALSO
glossary(1), help(1), sh(1), csh(1), starter(1), usage(1).
term(5) in the Programmer's Reference for the DG/UX System.
WARNINGS
If the shell variable TERM (see sh(1)) is not set in the user's
.profile file, then TERM will default to the terminal value type
450 (a hard-copy terminal). For a list of valid terminal types,
refer to term(5).
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