PRINTFILE

PRINTFILE

Support Command

Print an ASCII file.

This is an operating system dependent command.

On Windows 7/8/10 platforms, the printing is invoked with the command

write.exe -p <filename>

This command uses WordPad to print the file. Note that Wordpad can print RTF formatted files and some Microsoft Word formatted files (this can depend on what versions of Word and WorPad you have installed). Currently, no provision is made for a non-default printer.

On Linux/Unix and MacOS platforms, the printing is invoked with the command

lpr <filename>

If you have specified the printer name with the SET PRINTER command, then the following command is used

lpr -P

PRINTFILE <file1>
where <file1> is the name of the file to print.

In order to avoid conflict with the PRINT command, PRINTFILE cannot be abbreviated. Only the first 8 characters are evaluated, so a match up to PRINTFIL is succifient.

PRINTFILE BERGER1.DAT

This command requires that the SYSTEM capability is supported. This should be the case for all currently supported platforms.

None

None

PP	=	Print the current plot to a Postscript printer.
COPY	=	Copy a file to another file.
LIST	=	Print the contents of the file.
SEARCH	=	Search a file for a given string.
EDIT	=	Edit a file.
SYSTEM	=	Perform an operating system command.

Interactive Usage

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READ BERGER1.DAT Y X
SET WRITE DECIMALS 4
CPATURE BERGER1.OUT
FIT Y X
END OF CAPTURE
PRINTFILE BERGER1.OUT