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Overview of Syntax Elements

The following table provides an overview of the syntax elements:

:

The colon separates the mnemonics of a command. In a command line the separating semicolon marks the uppermost command level.

;

The semicolon separates two commands of a command line. It does not alter the path.

,

The comma separates several parameters of a command.

?

The question mark forms a query.

*

The asterisk marks a common command.

' '

"

Quotation marks introduce a string and terminate it (both single and double quotation marks are possible).

#

The hash symbol introduces binary, octal, hexadecimal and block data.

  • Binary: #B10110
  • Octal: #O7612
  • Hexa: #HF3A7
  • Block: #21312

A "white space" (ASCII-Code 0 to 9, 11 to 32 decimal, e.g. blank) separates the header from the parameters.

 


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