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    Displays the contents of a file or group of files on the current
    output device.

    Format

      TYPE  file-spec[, . . . ]

1  –  Parameters 

 file-spec[, . . . ]

    Specifies the names of one or more input files to be copied. If
    you specify more than one input file, separate them with either
    commas or plus signs. You can specify standard OpenVMS wildcards
    in file names, both Files-11 and foreign. You can use wildcard
    directories with Files-11 and DOS-11 input.

    The syntax for the file names is dependent on the particular
    volume format option present or implied.

2  –  Qualifiers

2.1    /LOG 

       /LOG
       /NOLOG

    Controls whether TYPE displays the file specifications of each
    file displayed.

    If you specify /LOG, the TYPE command displays the following for
    each copy operation:

    o  File specifications of the input and output files

    o  Number of blocks or the number of records copied (depending on
       whether the file is copied on a block-by-block or record-by-
       record basis)

2.2    /RECORD_FORMAT 

       /RECORD_FORMAT=(option[, . . . ])

    Defines the internal record structure of a file and other
    attributes of the records.

2.3    /REWIND 

       /REWIND
       /NOREWIND

    Controls whether the DOS-11 input magnetic tape reel logically
    rewinds to the beginning-of-tape mark before EXCHANGE searches
    for the file name given in the input specifier.

    Use this qualifier only for DOS-11 magnetic tape devices. The
    default is /NOREWIND; you should use /REWIND when you want TYPE
    to start searching for a file at the beginning of the magnetic
    tape rather than at the current position.

2.4    /VOLUME_FORMAT 

       /VOLUME_FORMAT=option

    Defines the physical format of the volume to be processed. The
    default format qualifier is dependent on the device type.

3  –  Example 

  EXCHANGE> TYPE DYA0:BEAM.RAT/VOLUME_FORMAT=RT11/RECORD=STREAM

      The command in this example copies the RT-11 file to the
      current SYS$OUTPUT device. The two qualifiers are the defaults
      if DYA0 was mounted as a foreign volume.
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