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    Length: 2712 (0xa98)
    Types: TextFile
    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »genhelp.dan«

Derivation

└─⟦26887b7e0⟧ Bits:30009717 Comet 32 harddisk image
    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/new/lib/vsh/genhelp.dan« 

TextFile

			  Command Summary
Command		Action

<ESCAPE>	Leave Vsh, must be entered twice
1-9		Select page 1-9
0		Select page 10
+, ^D, ^F, <SP>	Select next page, + next column
-, ^U		Select previous page, - previous column
^L		Re-display same page
.		Select page with files beginning with letter prompted for (find)
a-t		Select a file
^		Change to Home directory
/		Enter file prompted for (display, chdir, etc.)
\		Change to previous directory (undo last change directory)
?		Display this page
!		Execute shell
%		Chain to shell (does not return to Vsh)
$		Execute Bourne shell
line feed	Change to parent directory
;		Execute any shell command


Command		Action

A		Adb (invoke debugger) on selected file
B		Od (octal dump) of selected file
C		Create file or directory
D		Date
E		Show Errors from previous make
F		Df, display status of filesystems
G		Grep
H		Home, chdir $HOME
I		Tar tvf of selected file (list directory of a tar archive)
J		Nroff -ms selected file
K		Notes -i *.* (read new notes/news)
L		Long listing of files on current page
M		Make
N		Make forked off (2 bells on OK return, 3 bells on error)
O		Options
P		Ps (Print process statuses)
Q		Du of selected file/directory (total disk usage)
R		Remove files
S		Show output of Grep
T		Tail of selected file
U		Su, invoke a superuser shell
V		chain to vsh, overlay current VSH
W		Who
X		eXecute select file
Y		Re-execute previous ';' shell command

u		Uucp status
v		invoke VI editor on selected file
w		read mail
x		Size of selected file (print size of executable programs)
y		File on selected file (print a guess of a file's contents)
z		invoke EMACS editor on selected file

(		Pack a selected file (compress a file)
)		Unpack a selected file (uncompress a file)
@		Rm -r a select file/directory (be careful)
#		invoke a root-privileged VSH
=		Ls a selected file/directory
,		run a shell command through VSH's pager
:		change the mode of a selected file

These commands are useful in select mode.
Command		Action
<TAB>		Forward column
^F		Forward column (Emacs style)
^B		Backward column
^P		uP column
^N		dowN column
^A		Back series
^E		Forward series
h,j,k,l		Forward, backward, up, and down (VI style)
'		Enter selected item

These commands are available when viewing files or output through VSH's pager,
(More? prompt with the VSH display command, help or pexec)
1,<		First line
G,>		Last line
?,^R		Reverse search
/,^S		Forward search (wraps around)
e,v		Invoke $EDITOR
-,^P,k		Previous line
<CR>,^N,j	Next line
^U		Previous half page
^D		Next half page
^B,^		Previous full page
^L		Re-paint page
!		Fork a subshell
(anything else)	Next full page

Most of the above commands, especially A-Z, are user-alterable.
See "help vsh" for more information.