Aros/User/DOS

Beginners Tutorial / Basic Usage By default, the current directory is being displayed as part of the shell prompt. By default, the starting point is 'System:', the OS's root directory also known as sys: System:> Type 'dir' and hit return. You will see the contents of the current directory. System:>dir You can run an executable or enter a directory just by typing its name (and hitting return). Enter the 'C' directory simply by typing 'c' (AROS DOS is case insensitive): System:>c Now press the up-arrow button twice. AROS shell has got a command history, which allows you to repeat or re-use commands quickly. Now you should see the 'dir' command again, so hit return. You will see the contents of the 'c' directory you've just entered. System:c>dir This directory is AROS's primary location for executables which can be run from any directory. Now type '/' (just a slash) and hit return. You've just moved up one directory, back to 'System:' System:> Now try another 'dir' like command (which resides in the 'c' directory), 'list': System:>list The output is quite the same as 'dir'. But you can control the 'list' output with options. AROS DOS command line options are recognized by their name, and eventually their position on the command line. Try this: System:>list sub d The output will now consist of all the directories contents which names contain the substring 'd'. Another example, another option: System:>list sub d all This will list the contents matching 'd' recursively. AROS dos script scripting Have a look here for more IF <condition> ; these commands are executed if the condition is true ELSE ; these commands are executed if the condition is false ENDIF <condition> can be one of WARN - return code of the previous command is 5 or higher. ERROR - return code of the previous command is 10 or higher. FAIL - return code of the previous command is 20 or higher. EXISTS <filename> - check if file or directory exists. <a> EQ <b> - string comparison. <a> EQ <b> VAL - numeric comparison. <a> GT <b> - same as EQ, just means "greater than". <a> GE <b> - same as EQ, just means "greater or equal". any of the above can be negated by NOT. e.g. use NOT GT for "less or equal" or NOT GE for "less than". Drives, Files, Assigns, Directories A certain set of directories and files needed by the operating system will be present in every AROS distribution. Additionally, "assigns" (logical, not physical, drives) point to physical drive's partitions or locations in the partition's directory structure. Physical drives By default harddrives on the IDE bus are assigned the drive names "DH0:", "DH1:", etc. By default USB pendrives are assigned the drive names "DU0:", "DU1:", etc. By default CD / DVD drives on the IDE bus are assigned the drive names "CD0:", "CD1:", etc. Logical drives, "assigns" SYS: Extras: DEVS: Development: L: S: LIBS: C: ENV: RAM: ENVARC: MUI: T: Directories and files The AROS shell In Dopus 5 Magellan - right mouse click -> Icaros -> Shell In Wanderer (AROS Desktop / GUI), hit RightAROS + w (or F12 + w) (or use right mousebutton to access Wanderer's menu on the top of the screen) to open a shell window. To close the shell window, click on the top left X of the shell window or type in endcli or endshell SYS:Prefs ...contains all system preferences programs, like "Screenmode", "Locale", "Time", "Trident" (USB), etc. Is part of default path, thus entering "screenmode" in shell will bring up "Screenmode" prefs program. SYS:Devs ...contains device drivers and datatypes. Move a file to the corresponding subdirectory of "SYS:Storage" to disable it (after reboot). More (currently disabled) device drivers or datatypes may be found unter "SYS:Storage", move to "Devs:" to enable (after reboot). SYS:Storage ...is a directory meant to store optional or currently unused devices and datatypes. Move contents of "Devs:" (see above) here to disable device drivers (after reboot). S:startup-sequence ...is a script that will be run when starting up the operating system. It is also used by some applications to store their individual requirements (if any - mosty this will be a line like "assign PROGRAMNAME: SYS:path/to/installation/of/PROGRAMNAME") S:user-startup ...is a script that will be run by S:startup-sequence. It's the place to put your own stuff. Imagine you have some executable programs installed in a different directory than "C:" (or any other in default "path") but still want to access them without typing their full paths, you may add a line like this: "path WORK:path/to/my/program/ add". It is also used by some applications to store their individial requirements (see above). S:shell-startup ...is a script that will be run when starting up a new shell. By default, it contains commands that define the look of your shell prompt. See description of 'prompt' command. AROS DOS Commands Reference Another list of Dos commands Keydesc/A Required argument/F Final argument in list/K Keyword must be entered with argument/M Multiple arguments/N Number/S Switch (optional) Addbuffers Format: Addbuffers Drive/A Buffers/NPurpose: Add memory to disk buffers to improve speed.Parameters: Drive Name of drive Buffers Number of 512k buffers to add.Example: Addbuffers DH0: 10 AddDatatypes Format: AddDataTypes files/M QUIET/S REFRESH/S LIST/SPurpose: Activates datatypes or adds another datatype if not detected at startupParameters: files List of datatypes to add, Quiet No output, Refresh Update datatypes.Example: AddDataTypes gif.datatype REFRESH Alias Format: Alias Name String/FPurpose: Assigns a short name to a dos command.Parameters: Name Alias name, String String or command to use for alias.Example: Alias Del Delete Ask Format: Ask Prompt/APurpose: Asks a question in a script (reply y/n). Use IF WARN to test for a yes (value 5).Parameters: Prompt Text to be displayed.Example: Ask "Are you sure? Y/n" Assign Format: Assign Name Target/M LIST/S EXISTS/S DISMOUNT/S DEFER/S PATH/S ADD/S REMOVE/S VOLS/S DIRS/S DEVICES/SPurpose: Assign names to directory paths.Parameters:Name Name of the assign, Target Directory path, List Display list of assigns Exists Test if assign exists (use IF WARN), Dismount Remove assign Defer Assign later Path Add assign with path, Add Add a new target to existing path (like LIBS:) RemoveRemove an assign, Vols List volumes, DirsList directories, Devices List devices.Example: Assign Development: Extras:bin Avail Format: Avail CHIP/S FAST/S TOTAL/S FLUSH/SPurpose: Memory availabilityParameters: Chip Display chip memory Fast Display fast memory Total Display all memory Flush Free up memoryExample: Avail TOTAL Break Format: Break Process/A/N ALL/S C/S D/S E/S F/SPurpose: Stop a program (see Status)Paramters: Process Process name or Port All Apply C,D,E and F C Apply Ctrl+C D Apply Ctrl+d E Apply Ctrl+E F Apply Ctrl+FExample: Break 2 C CD Format: CD Dir/APurpose: Change directoryParameters:Dir Directory to change toExample: CD Text_Files ChangeTaskPri Format: ChangeTaskPri Pri=Priority/A/N Process/K/NPurpose: Changes program's execution priority (see Status)Parameters: Pri Priority to apply (-128 to +127) Process Process number (see Status)Example: ChangeTaskPri 2 1 Conclip Format: Conclip Unit/N OFF/SPurpose: Activates clipboard deviceParameters: Unit Clipboard unit Off Turn off clipboardExample: Conclip 1 Copy Format: Copy From/M To/A ALL/S QUIET/S BUF=BUFFER/K/N CLONE/S DATES/S NOPRO/S COM/S NOREQ/SPurpose: Copy files (with/without protection bits)Parameters: From Files to copy, To Directory or file to copy to All Copy all files, Quiet No output, Buffer Size of buffer (default = 100K) Clone Copy file and datestamp, protect bits and comment Dates Copy datestamp as well NoPro Set default protection bits Com Copy comment NoReq No requester popupsExample: Copy mydoc.txt docs: Dates Date Format: Date Day Date Time To=Ver/KPurpose: Display/change date or timeParameters: Day Day of the Week, Date Date in dd-mmm-yy format Time Time in hh:mm[:ss] format To Save to filenameExample: Date To=date.txt Delete Format: Delete File/M/A ALL/S QUIET/S FORCE/SPurpose: Delete files and/or directories.Parameters: Files One or more files All Delete all subfolders and files Quiet No output Force Ignore protection flags when deletingExample: Delete OldFilesDir All Dir Format: Dir Dir Opt/K ALL/S DIRS/S FILES/S INTER/SPurpose: List contents of a directoryParameters: Dir Directory Opt Option Dirs List directories Files List Files Inter Interactive mode.Example: Dir S: Files Diskchange Format: Diskchange Device/APurpose: Tell Dos that a disk has been swapped in a non-autosensing disk drive.Parameters:Device Name of removable device.Example: Diskchange DU2: Echo Format: Echo String/M NOLINE/S FIRST/K/N LEN/K/N TO/KPurpose: Display text in a script or part of a string of text.Parameters: String Text to display NoLine Do not print a new line First Position of first character Len Length of substring To Destination fileExample: Echo "Enter your name: " NoLine Else Format: ElsePurpose: Used with IF, if not true do these commandsExample: If Exists s:User-Startup Else Endif EndCLI Format: EndCLIPurpose: Close CLI console windowExample: EndCLI Endif Format: EndifPurpose: End a IF..ELSE..ENDIF blockExample: If $Age GT 65 Else Endif Endskip Format: EndskipPurpose: Stops a SKIP branch (for debugging)Example: Endskip Eval Format: Eval Value1/A Op Value2/M To/K LFormat/KPurpose: Evaluate a simple arithmetic expressionParameters: Value1, Value2 Values to evaluate (Decimal, Hex (0xn) or Octal (0nnn), Op Operlexiaation (+,-,*,/,^,%), To File to save result, LFormat Output format string (use *n to give a line feed).Example: Eval $count + 1 to env:count Execute Format: Execute File/APurpose: Execute a script or batch fileParameters:File Script file to executeExample: Execute PCD Failat Format: Failat RCLIM/APurpose: Change failure limit for scripts (0,5,10,20) (0 - Ok, 5 - Warn, 10 - Error, 20 - Fail)Parameters:RCLIM Failat number (0-20)Example: Failat 20 Fault Format: Fault Error/N/MPurpose: Display error message from a codeParameters:Error One or more error numbersExample: Fault 221 "Fault 221: Disk is full" FileNote Format: Filenote File/A Comment ALL/S QUIET/SPurpose: Attach a comment to a file (see LIST)Parameters:File File to add comment to Comment Text to apply All Apply to all files, Quiet No outputExample: FileNote List.txt "A list of people's names" Format Format: Format Device Drive/K/A Name/K/A OFS/FFS/SFS DIRCACHE/S NODIRCACHE/S NOICONS/S QUICK/SPurpose: Initialises AROS disks (in System drawer)Parameters:Device|Drive Disk device or name to format Name New volume name OFS Old Filing System FFS Fast File System Intl|International FFS International mode NoIntl|NoInternational International mode off SFS Smart Filesystem DirCache|NoDirCache Directory caching on or off, NoIcons No disk or trash icons Quick Less thorough formatExample: format drive dh0: name AROS Format Drive DH2: Name Docs SFS NOICONS QUICK Get Format: Get Name/APurpose: Returns contents of local env variableParameters:Name Enviornment variable nameExample: Get RC Getenv Format: Getenv Name/APurpose: Return contents of a global environment variableParameters:Name Enviornment variable nameExample: Getenv Wanderer Iconx Format: IconxPurpose: Enables a script to be run from Workbench. The script must have a Project .info file and the Default Tool set to c:IconX to run it.Example: Iconx If Format: If NOT/S WARN/S ERROR/S FAIL/S EQ/K GT/K GE/K VAL/S EXISTS/KPurpose: If condition is true execute following commands until an ELSE or ENDIF occurs.Parameters: Not Reverse boolean result, Warn Test warn flag from previous command, Error Test error flag from previous command, Fail Test fail flag from previous command, EQEquality test, GT Greater than test, GEGreater or equal test, VALInput is a number, Exists Test file exists.Example: IF WARN, IF $count GT 10, IF EXISTS C:List Info Format: Info DevicePurpose: Displays information about disksParameters:Device Name of device to displayExample: Info DH0: Install Format: Install Device/A NOBOOT/S CHECK/S FFS/SPurpose: Saves a bootblock to a disk. If you have only one drive type INSTALL ? and swap disks and then type DF0: and press RETURN to save bootblock.Parameters:Device Disk to install bootblock, NoBoot Erase bootblock, Check Test for bootblock, FFS = Use Fast File System.Example: Install DH0: IPrefs Format: IPrefsPurpose: Initialises preferences files on startup.Example: IPrefs Join Format: Join File/M/A AS=TO/K/APurpose: Join two or files together.Parameters:File File(s) to join together, To|as Destination fileExample: Join File1 File2 File3 as FileFull Lab Format: Lab LabelPurpose: State a Label to Skip to in a scriptParameters:Label Name of labelExample: Lab PROC2 List Format: List Dir/M P=PAT/K KEYS/S DATES/S NODATES/S To/K Sub/K Since/K Upto/K QUICK/S BLOCK/S NOHEAD/S FILES/S DIRS/S LFORMAT/K ALL/SPurpose: List file details in a directory.Parameters: Dir One or more directory name(s) Keys Display keys NoDates Do not display dates To Destination file Sub Subdirectories included Since List files since date given Upto List files upto given date Quick Simple directory list Block List files in block sizes NoHead Do not display header lines Files Files only Dirs Directorys only LFormat Output list using this format string All All filesExample: List Development: Block Dates Since=01-Jul-00 Lock Format: Lock Drive/A ON/S OFF/S PasskeyPurpose: Lock a device from writing.Parameters: Drive Drive to lock On|Off Turn lock on or off PassKey Specify password.Example: Lock DH1: On GHK459 MakeDir Format: Makedir Name/MPurpose: Create one or more new directories.Parameters: Name One or more directories to create.Example: MakeDir DH1:Docs DH1:Basic DH0:TempFiles MakeLink Format: MakeLink From/A To/A HARD/S FORCE/SPurpose: Creates a logical link between filesParameters: From Link file To Actual file Hard Hard link Force Link to sub-directoryExample: MakeLink T C:Type Hard Mount Format: Mount Device/M From/KPurpose: Loads and mount a deviceParameters: Device Device to mount From Mount fileExample: Mount DEVS:CD0 NewShell Format: NewShell Window FromPurpose: Open a new Shell console (CON) windowParameters: Window Window config string From Alternative script to Shell-Script.Example: NewShell From S:Shell-Startup Path Format: Path Path/M ADD/S SHOW/S RESET/S REMOVE/S QUIET/SPurpose: Set or change the program search pathParameters: Path Directory path to change Add Add path Show Display path, Reset Clear path Remove Remove entry from path Quiet No outputExample: Path SC:C Add Prompt Format: Prompt PromptPurpose: Change the prompt text (Codes: %R = last return code, %S = Current path, %N = CLI Number)Parameters: Prompt Path formatExample: Prompt "%N.%S> " Protect Format: Protect File/A Flags ADD/S SUB/S ALL/S QUIET/SPurpose: Change the 'rwedsp' flags of a file. (r=read,w=write, e=execute,d=delete,s=script,p=pure)Parameters: File File to change Flags One or more flags Add Add flag(s) to existing flags Sub Remove flags from file All Change all files Quiet No outputExample: Protect Editor rwed Quit Format: Quit RC/NPurpose: Quit a script with optional return codeParameters: RC Return CodeExample: Quit 5 Relabel Format: Relabel Drive/A Name/APurpose: Change name of a diskParameters: Drive Disk to change Name New volume nameExample: Relabel DH2: Documents Rename Format: Rename From/A/M To=As/A QUIET/SPurpose: Rename or move one or more filesParameters: From Old filename To|As New filename Quiet No outputExample: Rename MyDoc as MyDoc.doc RequestChoice Format: RequestChoice Title/A Body/A Gadgets/M PubScreen/KPurpose: Asks for input via a requesterParameters: Title Title for dialog box Body Text for dialog box Gadgets List of buttons Pubscreen Screen to useExample: RequestChoice >ENV:RT "Format" "About to format your hard disk*nAre you sure?" "Go ahead" "No way!" RequestFile Format: RequestFile Drawer File/K Pattern/K Title/K Positive/K Negative/K AcceptPattern/K RejectPattern/K SAVEMODE/S MULTISELECT/S DRAWERSONLY/S NOICONS/S PUBSCREEN/KParameters: Drawer Initial drawer to use, File Initial file name, Pattern Use pattern as filter, Title Title of dialog box, Positive Text for OK button, Negative Text for Cancel button, AcceptPattern Defines file pattern(s) to show (overrides Pattern), RejectPattern Pattern(s) of files to hide, SaveMode Change colours to indicate Save or other mode, MultiSelect Allow multiple file selection, DrawersOnly Display only directories, NoIcons Suppress info files, PubScreen Screen to use.Purpose: Asks for a filename via ASL file requesterExample: RequestFile >ENV:File Title "Select a File" Positive "Load" Noicons Resident Format: Resident Name File REMOVE/S ADD/S REPLACE/S PURE=FORCE/S SYSTEM/SPurpose: Stores AmigaDOS command in memory (quicker than reloading from disk each time it is executed). To ensure a command can be made resident check the pure flag (see List).Parameters: Name|File File to be made resident, Remove Remove file from resident list, Add Add file to resident memory, Pure|Force Force a non-pure file to be resident, System Show system's resident code segments.Example: Resident C:Dir Pure Run Format: Run Command/FPurpose: Execute a program in the background (multi-task)Parameters: Command Program to runExample: Run DirectoryOpus > NIL: Search Format: Search From/M Search/A ALL/S NONUM/S QUIET/S QUICK/S FILE/S PATTERN/SPurpose: Search for a string in a file or a file on a diskParameters: From Directory to search from, Search Text to search for, All Search sub-directories, NoNum Line numbers are not displayed, Quiet No Output, Quick Reduce output listing, File Search a file rather than content, Pattern Search using a pattern.Example: Search SYS: "List" File All Set Format: Set Name String/FPurpose: Sets or lists a local environment variable (local to current shell or current process)Parameters: Name Variable name, String Text or number for variableExample: Set MyName "Peter" SetClock Format: Setclock LOAD/S SAVE/S RESET/SPurpose: Load or set the date and time from battery-backed clockParameters: Load Load date from clock Save Save date and time to clock Reset Resets the clickExample: Date 27-Nov-00 10:00, SetClock Save SetDate Format: Setdate File/A Weekday Date Time ALL/SPurpose: Set date of a file or directory (see List)Parameters: File File to change, Weekday Day of week, Date Date, Time Time, All All filesExample: Setdate DEVS: Monday 10:30 Setenv Format: Setenv Name String/FPurpose: Change the contents of a environment variableParameters: Name Variable name String Text or number for variableExample: Setenv Wanderer "44" SetKeyboard Format: Setkeyboard Keymap/APurpose: Sets keyboard layout using layouts in Devs:Keymaps. You can use the Input preferences instead.Parameters: Keymap Keymap file to useExample: SetKeyboard USA0 Skip Format: Skip Label BACK/SPurpose: Jump to a label in a script (see Lab). Use back if label occurs before Skip command.Parameters: Label Label name to skip to, Back Go back in script to labelExample: Skip Lab2 Back Sort Format: Sort From/A To/A Colstart/K CASE/S NUMERIC/SPurpose: Sort a file and output to new fileParameters: From File to sort, To = Output file, Colstart = Column to sort from, Case Upper case entries are done first, Numeric Input treated as numbers.Example: Sort Figures To SortedFigures Numeric Stack Format: Stack Size/NPurpose: Change/display amount of stack space in bytes.Parameters: Size Stack size in bytesExample: Stack 1000000 Status Format: Status Process/N FULL/S TCB/S CLI=ALL/S COM=COMMAND/KPurpose: Display status of running programs. TCB is Task Control BlockParameters: Process Task number Full Full output of process info TCB Information except the command name CLI|All Command info only COM|Command Search for commandExample: Status 2 Full Type Format:N/K HEX/S NUMBER/SPurpose: Display contents of text file on screen and binary files using HEX with optional line numbers.Parameters: From Text file to display To Output file or device Opt H | Hex Display as hex values Opt N | Number Number the lines.Example: Type C:DIR HEX Unset Format: Unset NamePurpose: Remove a local env variableParameters: Name Environment variable nameExample: Unset MyName Unsetenv Format: Unsetenv NamePurpose: Remove a global env variableParameters: Name Environment variable nameExample: Unsetenv Wanderer Unalias Format: Unalias NamePurpose: Remove a short name for a commandParameters: Name Alias nameExample: UnAlias MyDir Version Format: Version Name Version/N Revision/N FILE/S FULL/S Unit/N INTERNAL/S RES/SPurpose: Display workbench, library or device version information.Parameters: Name File Version Print Kickstart or Workbench number and sets env variables and sets Warn flag Revision As Version but for Revision numer, File = Check file rather than memory Full Display full information, Internal Check internal files, Res Check resident files.Example: Version kickstart Version=39 Revision=106 Wait Format: Wait Time/N SEC=SECS/S MIN=MINS/S UNTIL/KPurpose: Wait for a specified period of timeParameters: Time Time period in either Sec (Seconds) or Mins (Minutes) Until Wait until a timeExample: Wait Until 12:00 Which Format: Which File/A NORES/S RES/S ALL/SPurpose: Find where a file is in command path (see Path) and sets Warn flag.Parameters: File File to locate NoRes Resident list is not searched Res Only the resident list is searched All Search full pathExample: Which Multiview Why Format: WhyPurpose: Display reason why a previous command failedExample: Why Additional DOS commands DMS Format: DMS Read file[.DMS] [FROM dev:] [TEXT filetext] [CMODE mode] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOZERO] [ENCRYPT password] DMS Write file[.DMS],,, [TO dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOTEXT] [NOPAUSE [DECRYPT password] DMS Repack file[.DMS] [TO dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack] [CMODE mode] DMS View file[.DMS],,, [FULL] DMS Text file[.DMS],,, DMS Test file[.DMS],,, DMS Help Purpose: To read, write or view Disk Masher disk images of floppy disks. Example: DMS Write MyDisk.DMS FROM DF0: Installer Format: Installer [SCRIPT] filename <[APPNAME] name> <[MINIUSER] level> <[DEFUSER] default> <[LOGFILE] logname> <[LANGUAGE] language> <NOPRETEND> <NOLOG> <NOPRINT> Purpose: To install an application via a installer script. Usually provided as a default tool for script files in icon. Example: Installer SCRIPT InstallApp APPNAME MyProgram LOGFILE DH0:MyProgram.log LHA Format: LHA [-options] <command> <archive[.LZH|LHA]> [[homedir] <filespec...] [@file] [destination] Purpose: To create, modify or list LHA or LZH files Examples: LHA a pictures.lha #?.jpg (archives all jpg files into pictures.lha) LHA l pictures.lha (lists all files in pictures.lha) LHA x pictures.lha (extracts all files from pictures.lha) LZX Format: LZX [-options] <command> <archive> [<file> ...] [<destdir>] Purpose: To create, modify or list LZX archive files. Examples: LZX a documents.lzx #?.doc (archives all doc files into documents.lzx) LZX l documents.lzx (lists all files in documents.lzx) LZX x documents.lzx (extracts all files from documents.lzx) Additional DOS Information Clear Screen Example: Echo "*E[0;0H*E[J" Purpose: Clears the screen. Uses printer commands to control text formatting in CLI, so *E is equivalent to ESC character.The command clear is normally defined using an Alias or an AmigaDOS script in S: folder. Text in Italics Example: Echo "*E[3mItalics*E[23m" Purpose: *E[3m turns on italics and *E[23m turns off italics Text in Bold Example: Echo "*E[1mBold*E[22m" Purpose: *E[1m turns on bold, and *E[22m turns off bold. Underline Text Example: Echo "*E[4mUnderline*E[24m" Purpose: *E[4m turns on underline, and *E24m turns off underline. Coloured Text Example: Echo "*E[32mRed Text*E[0m" Purpose: *E[nm where n=30-39 for foreground color or n=40-49 for background colour. *E[0m resets to normal character set. Seems that Amiga shell allows an escape sequence to begin with just the 0x9B character, OR it allows the more traditional 0x1B character (033 in octal) followed the [ character. For sake of clarity, I will represent it by the C string \033[ AROS does not understand the \033[0m sequence, therefore you need to reset it using another colour sequence (on the assumption that the user has not changed the default Shell colours). This turns out to be \033[31;40m . It makes sense to play it safe, and follow it by the (ignored on AROS) \033[0m sequence. Therefore my final highlight code looks like this: printf("Before\033[32;43mDuring\033[31;40m\033[0mAfter\n"); Or if you code in E (like me) then it is this: PrintF('Before\e[32;43mDuring\e[31;40m\e[0mAfter\n') Escape Codes 07 Bell - Flash screen and sound bell 08 Backspace - move cursor back one position 09 vertical tab - move cursor up one line 10 line feed - move cursor down one line 11 is not listed in my book 12 form feed - clear screen 13 Carriage return - move cursor to start of line 14 Set MSB of each character. (Print extended chars) 15 Clear MSB of each character. *e[c - Clear window and turn all modes off *e[0m - All modes turned off *e[1m - Bold text enabled *e[3m - Italic enable *e[4m - Uderline *e[7m - Inverted text enable *e[8m - text becomes invisible (grey on grey) *e[3xm - Text colour becomes colour x (0-7) *e[4xm - Background colour becomes colour x (0-7) *e[n@ - Insert n spaces at cursor position. *e[nA - Cursor up n lines. Default 1 *e[nB - Cursor down n lines. Default 1 *e[nC - Cursor forward n characters. Default 1 *e[nD - Cursor back n characters. Default 1 *e[nE - Cursor next n lines(to column 1). Default 1 *e[nH - Cursor to row n (Y position) *e[;nH - Cursor to column n (X position) *e[y;xH - Cursor to position X,Y *e[J - Erase from cursor to end of display *e[K - Erase from cursor to end of line *e[I - Insert line above line at cursor *e[M - Delete line at cursor *e[nS - Scroll up n lines *e[nT - Scroll down n lines *e[nt - set page length to n lines (in current font) *e[nu - Set line length in characters of current font *e[nx - Set left offset in characters *e[ny - Set top offset in lines *e[0 p - Disable cursor: Note space between zero and p *e[ p - Enable cursor. Note space Example of coloured text in the shell prompt "*E[>1m*E[1;37;41m%n.%s> *E[0;32;41m" echo "*E[0;0H*E[J" *E[>1m Is a so called SGR command that omits the first few parameters. It turns BOLD ON. *E[1;37;41m%n.%s> SGR command that tells: - boldface (1) - foregroundcolor 7 (37). Which means it is using pencolor #7 (which is black by default on aros, hence the setpencolor command). - use background color 1 (41). Which means it is using pencolor #1 (which is black by default on aros). - %n means printing the current opened cli/shell-number - %s means printing the current path - > print a nice pipe token after all the above (and also a space-character). *E[0;32;41m SGR command that tells: - plain text (0) - foregroundcolor 2 (32). Which means it is using pencolor #2 (which is white by default on aros). - backgroundcolor 1 (41). Which means it is using pencolor #1 (which is black by default on aros). *E[0;0H command 'Cursor position' - set row to 0 (0) - set column to 0 (0) Please note that this does not seem to work on AROS as on classic (not checked). it seems that the lowest nr for AROS to use is 1 (for both left and top). *E[J command 'erase in display' (no additional parameters used in this command). ;Set MagicWB colors in AROS setpencolor SCREEN="Workbench" PEN=0 COLOR=$959595 setpencolor SCREEN="Workbench" PEN=3 COLOR=$A2673B setpencolor SCREEN="Workbench" PEN=4 COLOR=$7B7B7B setpencolor SCREEN="Workbench" PEN=5 COLOR=$AFAFAF setpencolor SCREEN="Workbench" PEN=6 COLOR=$7C90AA setpencolor SCREEN="Workbench" PEN=7 COLOR=$97A9FF DOS commands only present in AROS AddAudioModes Format:Purpose:Parameters: Files/M Quiet/S Refresh/S Remove/S DblScan/SExample: Beep Format:Purpose:Parameters:Example: CheckMem Format:Purpose:Parameters:Example: Delay Format:Purpose:Parameters: Time/N Tick=Ticks/SExample: DevList Format: DevListPurpose: gives a list of devices running - address, version, revision, opencnt, flags, nameParameters:Example: devlist LibList Format: LibListPurpose: gives address, version, revision, opencnt, flags, name of open libraries and muiParameters:Example: liblist Reboot Format: RebootPurpose: warm reboots machine - not functioningParameters:Example: ResList Format: reslistPurpose: gives a list of resources - name and addressParameters:Example: reslist Shutdown Format: shutdownPurpose: power off computerParameters:Example: not functioning TaskList Format: tasklistPurpose: gives a list of tasks running - address, type, priority, state, cpu, time, stack, used, nameParameters:Example: tasklist Examples