The commands are used to type out part or all of the contents of the buffer for examination are listed below.
These commands do not move dot.
| Command | Function |
|---|---|
| ^Atext<CTRL/A> | Types text on the terminal. While the command may begin with <CTRL/A> or ^A, closing character must be a <CTRL/A>. |
| @^A/text/ | Equivalent to ^Atext<CTRL/A>. |
| :^Atext<CTRL/A> | Equivalent to ^Atext<CTRL/A> 13^T 10^T. |
| :@^A/text/ | Equivalent to ^A/text/ 13^T 10^T. |
| n^T | Types out to the terminal the character whose ASCII value is n. Whatever normal type-out conversions may currently be in effect and applicable (such as translation of control characters to up-arrow format) are done. The value of n is used modulo 256 (except if it is -1; see below). |
| n:^T | Outputs to the terminal the character whose ASCII value is n. Output is done in "one-shot" binary mode; no type-out translations are done. The value of n is used modulo 256 (except if it is -1; see below). |
| -1^T | Types CR/LF. Equivalent to 13^T 10^T. |
| m,n^T | Specifies a repeat count of m for the character whose ASCII value is n. n may be -1. |
| n= | This command causes the value of n to be output at the terminal in decimal followed by a carriage return and line feed. Decimal numeric conversion is signed. TECO's radix is unaltered. |
| n== | This command causes the value of n to be output at the terminal in octal (base 8) followed by a carriage return and line feed. Octal numeric conversion is unsigned. TECO’s radix is unaltered. |
| n=== | This command causes the value of n to be output at the terminal in hexadecimal (base 16) followed by a CR/LF. Hexadecimal output is unsigned. radix is unaltered. |
| n:=, n:==, and n:=== | These commands are equivalent to n=, n==, and n===, respectively, except that no CR/LF is output. |
| n@=/format/ | Output the value of n using format as a printf() format string, followed by a CR/LF. Any string for printf() may be used, as long as it contains at most one numeric conversion specifier. Non-numeric specifiers such as %s, or multiple numeric specifiers, are not allowed. However, %% may be used to print a percent sign. Also, the output format is used regardless whether =, ==, or === is specified. |
| n:@=/format/ | Equivalent to n@=/format/, except that no CR/LF is added. |
| T | Types out the contents of the buffer from the current position of dot through and including the next line terminator character. |
| nT | Types n lines, as follows: If n > 0, types the n lines following the current position of dot. If n < 0, types the n lines preceding dot. If n = 0, types the contents of the buffer from the beginning of the line on which dot is located up to dot. |
| -T | Equivalent to -1T. |
| m,nT | Types out the contents of the buffer between pointer positions m and n. |
| .,.+nT | Types out the n characters immediately following dot. n should be greater than zero. |
| .-n,.T | Types the n characters immediately preceding dot. n should be greater than zero. |
| HT | Types out the entire contents of the buffer. |
| V | Types out the current line. Equivalent to 0TT. |
| nV | Types out n-1 lines on each side of the current line. Equivalent to 1-nTnT. |
| m,nV | Types out m-1 lines before and n-1 lines after the current line. |