| TECO-8 | refers to OS-8 TECO V5 |
| TECO-10 | refers to TOPS-10 TECO V24 |
| TECO-11 | refers to TECO-11 V29 |
| RSX-11 | encompasses RSX-11/D, RSX-11/M, IAS and VAX |
| $ | represents an ESCAPE (ASCII code 33, which is traditionally referred to as ALTMODE) |
| <^x> | represents a single control character (CONTROL-x) |
| ^x | represents either <^x> or the two-character sequence CARET-x (^x) |
| n | represents a numeric value specified by a digit string or TECO command that returns a value |
| black | represents features of all DEC TECO's [exceptions noted in brackets] |
| red | represents features of TECO-10 only |
| blue | represents features of TECO-11 only |
Order No. AV-D53OA-TK
Copyright © 1978 by Digital Equipment Corporation
| Command Line | Effective Initial Command |
|---|---|
| R TECO | |
| RUN dev:TECO | |
| MAKE filespec | EWfilespec$ |
| TECO filespec | EBfilespec$Y |
| TECO filespec1 <filespec2 | ERfilespec2$EWfilespec1$Y |
| TECO | [note 1] |
| MUNG filespec | ERfilespec$YHXYHKMY |
| MUNG filespec,text | ERfilespec$YHXYHKItext$MY |
| Command Line | Effective Initial Command |
|---|---|
| R TECO | |
| RUN dev:TECO | |
| EDIT/TECO filespec | EBfilespec$Y [note 2] |
Switches on EDIT Command:
| Command Line | Effective Initial Command |
|---|---|
| /CREATE | EWfilespec$ |
| /INSPECT | ERfilespec$Y |
| /OUTPUT:filespec2 | ERfilespec$EWfilespec2$ |
| /EXECUTE | ERfilespec$YHXZHKMZ |
| /EXECUTE:text | ERfilespec$YHXZHKItext$MZ |
| Command Line | Effective Initial Command |
|---|---|
| TECO | [note 1] |
| RUN $TECO | |
| RUN dev:TECO[p,pn] | |
| TECO filespec | EBfilespec$Y |
| TECO filespec1=filespec2 | ERfilespec2$EWfilespec1$Y |
| TECO/INSPECTfilespec | ERfilespec$Y |
| MAKE filespec | EWfilespec$ |
| MUNG filespec | EIfilespec$ |
| MUNG filespec,text | Itext$EIfilespec$ |
| Command Line | Effective Initial Command |
|---|---|
| TECO | |
| TECO filespec | EBfilespec$Y |
| TECO filespec1=filespec2 | ERfilespec2$EWfilespec1$Y |
| MAKE filespec | EWfilespec$ |
| MUNG filespec | EIfilespec$ |
| MUNG filespec,text | Itext$EIfilespec$ |
| Command Line | Effective Initial Command |
|---|---|
| R TECO | |
| RUN dev:TECO [p,pn] | [note 3] |
| MAKE filespec | EWfilespec$ |
| TECO filespec | EBfilespec$Y |
| TECO filespec1=filespec2 | EBfilespec1$Y |
| MAKE filespec1=filespec2 | ERfilespec2$EWfilespec1$Y |
| TECO | [note 1] |
| MAKE | [note 4] |
| $$ | Executes command string | |
| <rubout> | Deletes last character in command string | |
| <^C> | Exits from TECO [note 5] | |
| <^U> | Deletes current line in command string | |
| <^G><^G> | Deletes the entire command string | |
| <^G><space> | Types current line of command string | |
| <^G>* | Types entire command string | [not in TECO-10] |
You must type these immediate mode commands as the first command after TECO's prompt.
| ? | Types command string up to command that caused an error [note 6] | |
| / | Types detailed explanation of error | |
| *q | Stores previous command string in Q-register q [note 7] | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^C> | Stops command execution [note 8] |
| <^O> | Turns off type out; nullified by a second <^O> |
| <^S> | Freezes terminal output; nullified by a <^Q> [note 9] |
| ERfilespec$ | Opens file for input | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EWfilespec$ | Opens file for output [note 10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EBfilespec$ | Opens file for input and output with backup protection | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EZfilespec$ | Zeros (non-disk) directory and opens file for output | |||||||||||||||||||||
| nEM | Positions Magtape: | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ENfilespec$ | Sets up wildcard file specification | [not in RT-11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| EN$ | Gets next wildcard match into filespec buffer | [not in RT-11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| :ERfilespec$ | Same as Erfilespec$ but returns value: -1 if file found, 0 if file not found | |||||||||||||||||||||
| :EBfilespec$ | Same as Ebfilespec$ but returns value: -1 if file found, 0 if file not found | |||||||||||||||||||||
| :EN$ | Same as EN$ but returns value: -1 if next file found, 0 if no more files match | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EF | Closes the output file | |
| EC | Moves the remainder of the input file to the output file, then closes the output file | [not in TECO-10] |
| EX | Same as EC but exits from TECO | |
| EK | Kills the output file | [not in TECO-10] |
| EG$ | Same as EX but re-executes the last compile-class command [note 11] | |
| EGcommand$ | Same as EX but executes the operating system command specified | [not in TECO-10] |
| ^C | Exits from TECO [note 12] | [not in TECO-10] |
| ^Z | Closes output file and exits from TECO |
(See illustration below)
| EP | Switches to secondary input stream |
| ER$ | Switches to primary input stream |
| EA | Switches to secondary output stream |
| EW$ | Switches to primary output stream |
| EIfilespec$ | Opens file for command input; effective at end of current command string |
| EI$ | Switches command input to terminal and discards remainder of command file after current command string |
| System | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| OS-8 | dev:name.ex | dev:name.ex |
| TOPS-10 | dev:name.ext[p,pn] | dev:name.ext[p,pn]<prot> |
| RT-11 | dev:name.ext | dev:name.ext[len] |
| RSTS/E | dev:[p,pn]name.ext | dev:[p,pn]name.ext<prot> |
| RSX-11 | dev:[p,pn]name.ext;ver | dev:[p,pn]name.ext;ver |
| TOPS-10 | /GENLSN | Generates line sequence numbers |
| /SUPLSN | Suppresses line sequence numbers | |
| RSTS/E | /MODE:n | Uses nonstandard open mode |
| /CLUSTERSIZE:n | Specifies output file cluster size | |
| /B+ | Edits a BASIC-PLUS file | |
| /B2 | Edits a BASIC-PLUS-2 file (same as /72) | |
| /n | Handles BASIC-PLUS continuation character (&) in column n | |
| RSX-11 | /RW | Rewinds before opening file (magtape only) |
| /CR | Implied carriage control | |
| /-CR | No (internal) carriage control | |
| /FT | FORTRAN carriage control |
| RSTS/E | /SIZE:n | starts with nK word editing area |
| /SIZE:+n | starts with extra nK words of editing area | |
| RSX-11 | /INC=n | starts with extra nK words of editing area |
| A | Appends next page of input file to text buffer |
| :A | Appends next line of input file to text buffer |
| Y | Same as HKA |
| PW | Outputs current page and appends a form feed |
| nPW | Same as n<PW> |
| m,nPW | Outputs the characters between text buffer pointer positions m and n (without a form feed) |
| P | Outputs the text buffer, clears the buffer, and reads the next page of the input file into the buffer; a form feed is appended to the output file if the last read was terminated with a form feed |
| nP | Same as n<P> |
| m,nP | Same as m,nPW |
| nJ | Moves pointer to immediately following the nth character in the text buffer |
| 0J | Moves pointer to beginning of buffer |
| J | Same as 0J |
| nC | Advances pointer n positions |
| C | Same as 1C |
| -C | Same as -1C |
| nR | Backs up pointer n positions (same as -nC) |
| R | Same as 1R |
| -R | Same as -1R |
| nL | Moves pointer to beginning of nth line from current pointer position |
| L | Same as 1L |
| -L | Same as -1L |
The pointer is positioned after the inserted text.
| Itext$ | Inserts the text specified |
| nI$ | Inserts character whose ASCII code is n |
| <tab>text$ | Inserts specified text preceded by a tab |
| ^Itext$ | Inserts specified text preceded by a tab |
| n\ | Inserts current radix representation of n in text buffer (signed if current radix is decimal, unsigned if octal) [note 13] |
| FRtext$ | Same as ^SDItext$ |
Operators are evaluated from left to right.
| +n | Same as n |
| -n | Negative of n |
| m+n | Addition [note 14] |
| m-n | Subtraction |
| m*n | Multiplication |
| m/n | Division, remainder discarded |
| m&n | Bitwise logical AND |
| m#n | Bitwise logical OR |
| (m) | Performs enclosed operations first |
| n^_ | One's complement of n |
| TECO-8 | 1-2^12 <= n <= 2^12-1 |
| TECO-11 | -2^15 <= n <= 2^15-1 |
| TECO-10 | -2^35 <= n <= 2^35-1 |
| nT | Types out all the text from the current pointer position to the beginning of the nth line from the current pointer position | |
| T | Same as 1T | |
| -T | Same as -1T | |
| m,nT | Types the characters between pointer positions m and n | |
| nV | Same as (1-n)TnT | |
| V | Same as 0TT | |
| ^Atext<^A> | Types the text specified | |
| n= | Types value of n in decimal (signed) followed by <CR><LF> | |
| n== | Types value of n in octal [note 15] followed by <CR><LF> | |
| n:= | Types value of n in decimal (signed) | [not in TECO-10] |
| n:== | Types value of n in octal (unsigned) | [not in TECO-10] |
| n^T | Types out the character whose ASCII code is n | [not in TECO-10] |
| ^L | Types a form feed | [not in TECO-8] |
| nD | Deletes n characters following the current pointer position |
| -nD | Deletes n characters preceding the current pointer position |
| D | Same as 1D |
| -D | Same as -D |
| m,nD | Same as m,nK |
| nK | Deletes all characters in the text buffer from the current pointer position to the beginning of the nth line from the current pointer position |
| K | Same as 1K |
| -K | Same as -1K |
| m,nK | Deletes all characters in the text buffer between pointer positions m and n; the pointer moves to position m |
| B | First pointer position; same as 0 |
| Z | Last pointer position; equal to number of characters in text buffer |
| . | Current pointer position; equal to number of characters to the left of the pointer |
| m,n | (m+1)st through nth characters in the text buffer |
| H | Same as B,Z |
| ^Y | Same as .+^S,. |
Searches that fail leave the pointer at position 0
Successful searches leave pointer after text found
| nStext$ | Searches for the nth occurrence of the specified text (following the pointer), but does not go beyond the end of the current text buffer |
| Stext$ | Same as 1Stext$ |
| -nStext$ | Same as nStext$ but the search proceeds backwards |
| nNtext$ | Same as nStext$, except that if the text is not found on the current page, pages are input and output until it is found |
| Ntext$ | Same as 1Ntext$ |
| n_text$ | Same as nNtext$, except that it does input only, no output |
| _text$ | Same as 1_text$ |
| nFStext1$text2$ | Executes the nStext1$ command, then deletes text1 and replaces it with text2 |
| FStext1$text2$ | Same as 1FStext1$text2$ |
| nFNtext1$text2$ | Executes the nNtext1$ command, then deletes text1 and replaces it with text2 |
| FNtext1$text2$ | Same as 1FNtext1$text2$ |
| nF_text1$text2$ | Executes the n_text1$ command, then deletes text1 and replaces it with text2 |
| F_text1$text2$ | Same as 1F_text1$text2$ |
Bounded searches that fail leave the pointer unchanged
| m,nStext$ | Same as nStext$, but the search does not continue across more than |m|-1 characters |
| 0,nStext$ | Same as nStext$, but the pointer position remains unchanged on search string failure |
| m,Stext$ | Same as m,1Stext$ |
| m,-Stext$ | Same as m,-1Stext$ |
| ::Stext$ | Same as 1,1:Stext$ (anchored search) |
Any search command preceded by a colon (:) modifier returns a value as follows:
| -1 | If the search succeeds |
| 0 | If the search fails |
| 0A | ASCII code for character following pointer | |||||||||||
| nA | ASCII code for the (.+n+l)th character in the buffer [note 16] | [not in TECO-10] | ||||||||||
| \ | Equal to the value of the digit string (if any) that follows the pointer in the text buffer (interpreted in the current radix [note 13], and optionally signed); pointer is positioned after the digit string. Equal to 0 if no digit string is present. | |||||||||||
| ^B | Operating-system dependent encoding of current date | |||||||||||
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| ^F | Value of console switch register | |||||||||||
| ^H | Operating system dependent encoding of time of day | |||||||||||
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| n^Q | Number of characters between the buffer pointer and the nth line separator from the current pointer position | |||||||||||
| ^Q | Same as 1^Q | |||||||||||
| ^S | Negative of length of last insert, string found, or string inserted with G command, whichever occurred last | |||||||||||
| ^T | ASCII code for the next character typed at the terminal | |||||||||||
| ^^x | ASCII code for the character (x) specified | |||||||||||
| n<commands> | Performs the enclosed command string n times; skips the commands if n <= 0 |
| <commands> | Performs the enclosed command string an indefinite number of times |
| n; | If n >= 0, jumps out of the current iteration field |
| ; | Jumps out of the current iteration field if the last search executed failed [note 17] |
| !tag! | Defines a position in the command string with the name, tag |
| Otag$ | Jumps to the position defined by !tag!; must be in same macro level [note 18] |
@ Modifies the next command that takes a text argument to use the delimiter form; text is surrounded by a delimiter (shown here as "/") that cannot appear inside the text. The format of the commands becomes:
| @nS/text/ | |
| @nN/text/ | |
| @n_/text/ | |
| @nFS/textl/text2/ | |
| @nFN/textl/text2/ | |
| @I/text/ | |
| @nI// | |
| @ER/filespec/ | [not in TECO-10] |
| @EW/filespec/ | [not in TECO-10] |
| @EB/filespee/ | [not in TECO-10] |
| @^Uq/text/ | [not in TECO-10] |
| @EG/text/ | [not in TECO-10] |
| @EG// | [not in TECO-10] |
| @EN/filespec/ | |
| @EI/filespec/ | |
| @FR/text/ | |
| @^A/text/ | |
| @!/tag/ | |
| @O/tag/ | |
| @n^Uq// |
| n"Acommands' | Executes the commands if n is the ASCII code for an alphabetic character (A-Z or a-z) | [not in TECO-8] | ||||||
| n"Ccommands' | Executes the commands if n is the ASCII code for a symbol constituent | |||||||
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| n"Dcommands' | Executes the commands if n is the ASCII code for a digit (0-9) | [not in TECO-8] | ||||||
| n"Ecommands' | Executes the commands if n=0 | |||||||
| n"Fcommands' | Executes the commands if n represents FALSE; same as n"Ecommands' | |||||||
| n"Gcommands' | Executes the commands if n>0 | |||||||
| n"Lcommands' | Executes the commands if n<0 | |||||||
| n"Ncommands' | Executes the commands if n*0 | |||||||
| n"Rcommands' | Executes the commands if n is the ASCII code for an alphanumeric (A-Z,a-z,0-9) | [not in TECO-10] | ||||||
| n"Scommands' | Executes the commands if n represents SUCCESS; same as n"Lcommands' | |||||||
| n"Tcommands' | Executes the commands if n represents TRUE; same as n"Lcommands' | |||||||
| n"Ucommands' | Executes the commands if n represents UNSUCCESSFUL; same as n"Ecommands' | |||||||
| n"Vcommands' | Executes the commands if n is the ASCII code for a lower case alphabetic (a-z) | [not in TECO-8] | ||||||
| n"Wcommands' | Executes the commands if n is the ASCII code for an upper case alphabetic (A-Z) | [not in TECO-8] | ||||||
| n"<commands' | Same as n"Lcommands' | [not in TECO-10] | ||||||
| n">commands' | Same as n"Gcommands' | [not in TECO-10] | ||||||
| nUq | Stores integer n in Q register q | |
| %q | Adds 1 to the number in Q-register q and returns this value | |
| n%q | Adds n to the number in Q-register q and returns this value [note 20] | [not in TECO-10] |
| nXq | Stores, in Q-register q, all characters from the current pointer position to the beginning of the nth line from the current pointer position | |
| m,nXq | Stores, in Q-register q, all characters between text buffer pointer positions m and n | |
| Xq | Same as 1Xq | |
| -Xq | Same as -1Xq | |
| n:Xq | Same as nXq, but appends to Q-register | |
| m,n:Xq | Same as m,nXq, but appends to Q-register | |
| :Xq | Same as 1:Xq | |
| -:Xq | Same as -1:Xq | |
| ^Uqtext$ | Stores the specified text in Q-register q | [not in TECO-10] |
| :^Uqtext$ | Same as ^Uqtext$, but appends to Q-register q | |
| n^Uq$ | Stores character whose ASCII code is n in Q-register q | |
| n:^Uq$ | Appends character whose ASCII code is n to contents of Q-register q | |
| ]q | Pops from the Q-register push-down list into Q-register q [note 21] | [not in TECO-8] |
| :]q | Same as ]q, but returns value (-1 if successful, 0 if push down stack was empty) |
| Returns the numeric value stored in Q-register q | ||
| Gq | Places the text in Q-register q into the text buffer before the current pointer position | |
| :Gq | Types the contents of the text stored in Q-register q on the terminal | [not in TECO-10] |
| Mq | Executes the text in Q-register q as a command string | |
| nMq | Executes the text in Q-register q as a command string and uses n as a numeric argument for the first command executed | |
| m,nMq | Executes the text in Q-register q as a command string and uses m,n as a pair of numeric arguments for the first command executed | |
| [q | Pushes the contents of Q-register q onto the Q-register push-down list [note 21] | |
| G* | Places the text from the filespec buffer into the text buffer before the current pointer position | |
| :G* | Types the contents of the filespec buffer on the terminal | |
| G_ | Places the text from the search string buffer into the text buffer before the current pointer position | |
| :G_ | Types the contents of the search string buffer on the terminal |
| Flag | Name | Initial Value | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| ^E | Form feed flag | 0 | |
| ^N | End-of-file flag | 0 | |
| ^X | Search Mode Flag | 0 | |
| ED | Edit level flag | 0 [RT-11] | |
| 0 [RSTS/E] | |||
| 1 [RSX-11] | |||
| EH | Help level flag | 2 [TECO-10] | |
| 0 [other systems] | |||
| EO | Version number flag | 2 [TECO-10] | |
| 5 [TECO-8] | |||
| 29 [TECO-11] | |||
| ES | Search verification flag | 0 | |
| ET | Terminal mode flag | ||
| TECO-10: | 0 | ||
| TECO-8: | 0 | if SET TTY NOSCOPE | |
| 2 | if SET TTY SCOPE | ||
| TECO-11: | |||
| Bit Value | Initial Value | ||
| 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | if terminal is a scope | |
| 0 | if terminal is not a scope | ||
| 4 | 1 | if terminal has lower case input | |
| 0 | if terminal does not have lower case input | ||
| 8 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 0 | ||
| 64 | 0 | ||
| 128 | 1 | before TECO's prompt | |
| 0 | after TECO's prompt | ||
| 256 | 0 | ||
| 512 | 1 | if terminal is VT52 and VT52 support is available | |
| 0 | if VT52 support is not available | ||
| 1024 | 1 | if VT11 is present and VT11 support is available | |
| 0 | if VT11 support is not available | ||
| EU | Upper/lower case flag | ||
| -1 | if terminal supports lower case | ||
| 0 | if terminal does not support lower case [note 22] | ||
| EV | Edit verify flag | 0 |
| Command | Bit | Value | Meaning | |
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| nED | 1 | 0 | ^ in search arguments means next character is CTRL | |
| 1 | ^ in search arguments means ^ | |||
| 2 | 0 | disables Y or _ if data would be lost | ||
| 1 | no Yank protection | |||
| nEH | 1,2 | 0 | same as 2 | |
| 1 | types 3-letter error code only | |||
| 2 | types error code and short message | |||
| 3 | types error code and long message | |||
| 4 | Simulates ? after error | |||
| nEO | m*256+nES | Allows EO version n features to work | ||
| n = 0 | nothing is typed out after searches | |||
| n = -1 | an effective mV command is executed when a search is completed | |||
| 1 <= n <= 31 | <LF> represents the pointer | |||
| 32 <= n <= 126 | ASCII code for character to represent the pointer | |||
| m <= 0 | m is treated as 1 | [TECO-10 ignores m] | ||
| nET | Sets terminal characteristics [note 23] | |||
| Bit Value | Meaning if 1 | |||
| 1 | type-out is in image mode | |||
| 2 | terminal is a scope | |||
| 4 | reads lower case | |||
| 8 | ^T reads with no echo | |||
| 16 | cancels <^O> on type-out | |||
| 32 | ^T reads with no wait (^T returns -1 if no input) | |||
| 64 | detached flag | |||
| 128 | aborts on error | |||
| 256 | truncates output to terminal width | |||
| 512 | terminal is VT52 and VT52 support is available | |||
| 1024 | VT11 is present and VT11 support is available | |||
| 32768 | Traps <^C>'s (Reset if <^C> typed) | |||
| nEU | 0 | flags lower case characters | ||
| >0 | flags upper case characters | |||
| <0 | no case flagging on output [note 22] | |||
| nEV | Same as nES but lines to be viewed appear before TECO's prompt | |||
| n^X | 0 | either case matches in searches | ||
| 1 | exact case matches required | [not in TECO-8] |
| ^O | Switches to octal radix [note 24] | |
| ^D | Switches to decimal radix | [not in TECO-10] |
| ? | Enters trace mode; nullified by a 2nd ? |
| -1W | Updates window into text buffer |
| 0W | Resets cursor line to default position |
| nW | If n>0, sets cursor to line n |
| If n<-1, "forgets" top |n|-1 lines of screen |
| W | Updates window into text buffer |
| nW | Sets window display to n lines on either side of pointer |
| ^V | Enters translate to lower case mode |
| ^W | Enters translate to upper case mode |
(Match control constructs are valid inside search strings)
| <^X> | Accepts any character | |
| <^S> | Accepts any non-alphanumeric separator [note 25] | |
| <^N> | Accepts any character except a character matched by the following character (or match control construct) | |
| <^E>A | Accepts any alphabetic character (A-Z or a-z) | |
| <^E>C | Accepts any symbol constituent | |
| TECO-11: A-Z,a-z,0-9,.,$ | ||
| <^E>D | Accepts any digit (0-9) | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^E>Gq | Accepts any character in Q-register q | |
| <^E>L | Accepts any line terminator (<LF>,<VT>,<FF>) | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^E>R | Accepts any alphanumeric (A-Z,0-9) | |
| <^E>S | Accepts any non-null string of spaces and/or tabs | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^E>V | Accepts any lower case alphabetic (a-z) | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^E>W | Accepts any upper case alphabetic (A-Z) | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^E>X | Same as <^X> | |
| <^E><nnn> | Accepts the character whose ASCII code (in octal) is nnn | |
| <^E>[a,b,c,...] | Accepts exclusive OR of the character or match control constructs specified |
The following characters have special meaning when used inside a search string.
| <^Q> | Uses the next character literally [note 26] | |
| <^V> | Converts next character, if alphabetic, to lower case | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^W> | Converts next character, if alphabetic, to upper case | [not in TECO-8] |
| <^^> | Converts next character (if it is @,[,\,],^, or _) to lower case | |
| <^R> | Uses the next character literally | |
| <^V><^V> | Converts all following alphabetic characters to lower case | |
| <^W><^W> | Converts all following alphabetic characters to upper case | |
| <^T> | Treats all succeeding control characters except <^R> and <^T> as text; nullified by a second <^T> | |
| <^\> | Accepts either case for all succeeding alphabetic characters; nullified by a second <^\> | |
| ^ | If ED&1=0, converts the following alphabetic character to the corresponding control character | |
| <^E>Qq | Uses the string stored in Q-register q at this position | |
| <^E>Q* | Uses the string stored in the filespec buffer at this position | |
| <^E>Q_ | Uses the string stored in the search string buffer at this position |
The following characters have special meaning when used inside insert strings on TECO-10. They have the same meaning that they have when used inside search strings.
| <^V><^V> | <^V> | |
| <^W><^W> | <^W> | |
| <^R> | <^^> | |
| <^T> |
| Code | Explanation |
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| ?ARG | Improper arguments |
| ?BAK | Cannot delete old backup file |
| ?BNI | > not in an iteration |
| ?COR | Same as ?MEM |
| ?CCL | CCL not found or EG argument too big |
| ?COS | Contradictory output switches |
| ?CPO | Cannot pop Q-register |
| ?DEV | Invalid device |
| ?DIO | Directory I/O error |
| ?DTB | Delete too big |
| ?EBD | Bad EB device |
| ?EBF | Bad EB filename |
| ?EBO | Same as ?OFO |
| ?EBP | EB illegal because of protection |
| ?EEE | Unable to read error message file |
| ?EMA | EM with illegal argument |
| ?EMD | EM with no input device open |
| ?ENT | Enter error |
| ?EOA | Bad argument to ED |
| ?ERR | RSTS/E monitor call failed |
| ?FER | File error |
| ?FNF | File not found |
| ?FUL | Output command would have overflowed device (In TECO-10, same as ?NRO) |
| ?IAB | Invalid nesting of <...> or (...) |
| ?ICE | Illegal CTRL/E command in search argument |
| ?ICT | Illegal control character in text argument |
| ?IDV | Bad input device |
| ?IEC | Illegal character after E |
| ?IEM | Re-init failure after EM |
| ?IFC | Illegal character after F |
| ?IFN | Bad filename |
| ?IIA | Illegal insert argument |
| ?ILL | IIlegal command |
| ?ILN | Same as ?OCT |
| ?ILR | Cannot lookup input file to rename it |
| ?INP | Input error |
| ?IOS | Illegal character in I/O switch |
| ?IQC | Illegal character after " |
| ?IQN | Illegal Q-register name |
| ?IRB | Cannot rename input filename |
| ?IRN | Failure in rename process |
| ?ISA | IIlegal search argument |
| ?ISS | Illegal search string |
| ?MAP | Missing ' |
| ?MEE | Macro ending with E |
| ?MEF | Macro ending with F |
| ?MEM | Storage capacity exceeded |
| ?MEO | Macro ending with O |
| ?MEQ | Macro ending with " |
| ?MEU | Macro ending with U |
| ?MFN | Missing filename |
| ?MIQ | Missing Q-register name |
| ?MLA | Same as ?BNI |
| ?MLP | Missing ( |
| ?MRA | Missing > |
| ?MRP | Missing ) |
| ?MUU | Macro ending with ^^ |
| ?NAB | No argument before ^_ |
| ?NAC | TECO-11: No argument before , |
| TECO-8: Negative argument to , | |
| ?NAE | No argument before = |
| ?NAI | No altmode after nI |
| ?NAP | TECO-11: Same as ?MLP |
| TECO-8: Negative or 0 argument to P | |
| ?NAQ | No argument before " |
| ?NAG | TECO-11: No argument before ; |
| TECO-8: Negative or 0 argument to search | |
| ?NAU | No argument before U |
| ?NAY | Numeric argument with Y |
| ?NCS | No command string seen prior to *q |
| ?NFI | No file for input |
| ?NFO | No file for output |
| ?NNQ | No number in Q-register |
| ?NRO | No room for output |
| ?NTQ | No text in Q-register |
| ?NYI | Command not yet implemented |
| ?OCT | 8 or 9 in octal digit string |
| ?ODV | Output device not available |
| ?OFO | Output file already open |
| ?OLR | Cannot lookup output file to rename it |
| ?OUT | Output error |
| ?PAR | Confused use of parentheses |
| ?PDO | Push-down list overflow |
| ?POP | Attempt to move pointer off page |
| ?PPN | Illegal PPN |
| ?QMO | Q-register memory overflow |
| ?RNQ | Cannot rename output file |
| ?SAL | Second argument less than first |
| ?SNA | Initial search with no argument |
| ?SNI | ; not in an iteration |
| ?SRH | Search failure |
| ?STC | Search string has too many characters |
| ?STL | Search string too long |
| ?TAG | Missing tag |
| ?TAL | Two arguments with L |
| ?TTL | Tag too long |
| ?TTY | Illegal TTY device |
| ?UCA | Unterminated ^A command |
| ?UEA | Unimplemented EA |
| ?UEI | Unimplemented EI |
| ?UEN | Unimplemented EN |
| ?UEP | Unimplemented EP |
| ?UFS | Macro ending with unterminated file select |
| ?UIN | Unterminated insert command |
| ?UIG | Undefined I/O switch |
| ?USR | Unterminated search command |
| ?UTC | Unterminated command |
| ?UTG | Unterminated tag |
| ?UTM | Unterminated macro |
| ?UUO | Illegal UUO |
| ?WLO | System device is write looked |
| ?XAB | Execution aborted by ^C |
| ?YCA | Y command aborted |
| ?nnn | RSX-11 monitor call failed |
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| [1] | Re-executes last TECO command. Ignores filespec2, if present on previous command |
| [2] | /TECO switch not necessary if SET EDITOR TECO command has been previously specified |
| [3] | SFD's allowed in TOPS-10 |
| [4] | Re-executes last MAKE command |
| [5] | TECO under RSTS/E and OS/8 requires two <^C>s. <^C> is not an immediate mode command in RT-11 and RSX-11 |
| [6] | TECO-10 types the last 10 characters of the command string before the error occurred |
| [7] | Not an immediate mode command in TECO-10 (execution is deferred until next wake-up character). In TECO-8, the immediate mode command <^Z> is the same as *Z |
| [8] | Two <^C>s may be necessary on systems that support type-ahead |
| [9] | Only if feature is enabled in the operating system |
| [10] | TECO-10 closes any previous file. |
| [11] | Not in RSTS. TECO-10 does not require $ |
| [12] | On TECO-11, ^C in a macro returns control to TECO's prompt |
| [13] | TECO-10 has no general octal radix mode |
| [14] | In TECO-10, a space between two numbers also acts as an addition |
| [15] | TECO-10 prints signed result; TECO-8 and TECO-11 print unsigned result |
| [16] | On TECO-10, nA is the same as 0A |
| [17] | Must immediately follow search in TECO-11 |
| [18] | Cannot jump to before start of current iteration in TECO-8 or TECO-11 |
| [19] | TECO-10 stores either text or numeric data (but not both simultaneously) in a single area within the Q-register |
| [20] | Same as 1%q in TECO-10 |
| [21] | Arguments "pass through" this command in TECO-11 |
| [22] | On TECO-10, no case flagging occurs if the terminal supports lower case, regardless of state of EU flag |
| [23] | TECO-10 uses only bit value 1, TECO-8 uses only bit values 1, 2, and 8 |
| [24] | In TECO-10, ^O must be followed by a digit string and the octal radix mode applies only to this string |
| [25] | TECO-10 allows begin of buffer,.,$, and % to match |
| [26] | Cannot quote $ on TECO-10 |
These commands allow you to do most common editing jobs on all versions of TECO.
| MAKE file | Creates a new file (under RT-11, use CREATE command) |
| TECO file | Edits an existing file (under RT-11, use EDIT command) |
| J | Moves pointer to beginning of buffer |
| ZJ | Moves pointer to end of buffer |
| L | Advances pointer to beginning of next line |
| nL | Advances pointer n lines |
| -nL | Moves pointer back n lines |
| 0L | Moves pointer to beginning of current line |
| C | Advances pointer across one character |
| nC | Advances pointer across n characters |
| -nC | Moves pointer backwards across n characters |
| T | Types text from current pointer position to end of current line |
| nT | Types n lines on terminal |
| HT | Types entire content of text buffer |
| 0TT | Types current line |
| Itext$ | Inserts text before current pointer position |
| K | Deletes text from current pointer position to end of line |
| nK | Deletes n lines of text |
| HK | Deletes entire content of text buffer |
| D | Deletes the character following the pointer |
| nD | Deletes n characters after the pointer |
| -nD | Deletes n characters before the pointer |
| P | Outputs the current page and reads in the next page |
| nP | Executes the P command n times |
| A | Append the next input page to the end of the buffer |
| EX | Moves the remainder of the input file to the output file, closes the output file, and exits from TECO |
| Stext$ | Beginning at the current pointer position, searches for the specified text on the current page. The buffer pointer is positioned after the specified text if it is found. If the text is not found, an error message is given and the buffer pointer is left at the beginning of the page |
| Ntext$ | Same as Stext$ except that the search continues across page boundaries, if necessary, until the string or the end of the input file is encountered |
| FStext1$text2$ | Searches for text1 and, if found, replaces it with text2 |