PMDF User's Guide
UNIX Edition

pmdf db prompts for input with a db> prompt. Typing a control-D at any point while entering a command will cause pmdf db to immediately stop execution. The quit-program command will also cause pmdf db to stop execution.

The rest of the command line after the pmdf db will be scanned for a pmdf db command. Placing a command on the invocation line is optional; if one is specified pmdf db will terminate after the last one has been executed. If no command appears pmdf db will operate by prompting the user for commands.

When first invoked, pmdf db will open your personal alias database, ~/aliasesdb.*.

While entering pmdf db commands to the db> prompt, the following command interaction features are available:

• Command abbreviation: commands may be abbreviated to their simplest, unambiguous form.
• Input files: command files may be input and executed by using the command run infile with infile the name of the file to input.