10.3. - mk make a command file
provides a means for automatically creating a command file.
mk cmd_fileTyping
mkcmd_file changes the prompt from
PLOT-> to
making->. Commands will be executed as they are entered.
Everything typed from the keyboard will be saved in
cmd_file,
with a few exceptions.
Input to the
gd 7
command will not be
saved, nor will input to subshells or to user-defined functions, including
fits, unless the fits are invoked with the -- argument described
above.
When you enter any of these commands, nothing you type will
be saved in the command file until you are finished with the command.
For example, a
u command will create a UNIX subshell,
where you may manually execute normal processes.
When you return to
the plot program on exiting the shell, subsequent commands will continue
to be saved in the command file.
It is not possible to
do a command file while making another
command file or to execute an
mk command from a command file.
A
do command can be inserted into the file being made, but that
command file will not be executed until the parent command file is
executed.
Most users employ a text editor for creating and maintaining command files, but sometimes find the
mk command useful for creating
a first draft.
The
save current format
command, described below,
provides an alternative starting point for making command files.