TCL Commands Listed by Category

This topic contains lists of TCL commands categorised by function. Many commands are listed in more than one category.

Account Management

ACCOUNT-FILE-STATS	ALL-FILE-STATS	CREATE-ACCOUNT
DELETE-ACCOUNT	LIST-$STAT-FILE *	LISTCONN
LISTDFILES	LISTDICTS	LISTFILES
LIST-FILE-STATS	LISTPROCS	LISTQFILES
LISTVERBS	MOVE-FILE	PASSWORD
SETUP-ACCOUNT	UPDATE-ACCOUNT	UPDATE-ALL-ACCOUNTS

Automatic File Sizing

AFS-CLEAR	AFS-CONTRACT	AFS-ENABLE
AFS-EXPAND	AFS-HOLD	AFS-SELECT
AFS-SET	AFS-TRIM	CREATE-FILE
CREATE-INDEX

Case-sensitivity

CONVERT-FILE

Data Output

CLEAR-OPTION	CT	LIST
LIST4	LIST-ITEM	LIST-LABEL
LIST-SPREAD	SET-OPTION	SORT
SORT2	SORT3	SORT4
SORT-ITEM	SORT-LABEL	SORT-SPREAD
STAT	SUM

DataBasic

BASIC	BLIST	BREF
BVERIFY	CATALOG	CLEAR-BASIC-LOCKS
CREATE-TRIGGER	DB	DEBUG
DECAT	DELETE-CATALOG	DELETE-TRIGGER
ECOPY	LISTPF	LIST-TRIGGERS
LOAD-BNF	PRINT-CATALOG	RUN
VERIFY-SYSTEM

Date and Time

CLEAR-OPTION	DATE-FORMAT	SET-OPTION
TIME

Denationalisation

DEL-LANG	LOAD-ALPHA	LOAD-COLL
LOAD-LANG	RESET-ALPHA	SET-ALPHA
SET-COLL	SET-DEC	SET-LANG
SET-MONEY	SET-THOUS

Editor

ED{IT}	EDIT-LIST	RECOVER-FD
SE{D{IT}}

English Syntax

BSELECT	CHECK-SUM	COUNT
CSV-COPY	DEFINE-INDEX	EDELETE
ESEARCH	HASH-TEST	I-DUMP
ISTAT	LIST	LIST-ITEM
LIST-LABEL	LIST-SPREAD	REFORMAT
S-DUMP	SELECT	SORT
SORT-ITEM	SORT-LABEL	SORT-SPREAD
SREFORMAT	SSEARCH	SSELECT
STAT	ST-DUMP	SUM
T-DUMP	T-LOAD

File and Item Management

CHECK-SUM	CLEAR-FILE	COMP
COMPARE	COPY	COUNT
CREATE-FILE	CSV-COPY	DELETE
DELETE-FILE	EDELETE	ESEARCH
FDB-CLEAR	FDB-SET	FDB-SHOW
FIND	HASH-TEST	I-DUMP
ISTAT	LISTDFILES	LISTDICTS
LISTF2	LISTF3	LISTF4
LISTFILES	MOVE-FILE	PD
REFORMAT	RENAME-FILE	RESIZE-FILE
S-DUMP	SEARCH	SET-FILE
SHOW-MODULI	SIZE-MONITOR	SREFORMAT
SSEARCH	STAT	SUM

See also Automatic File Sizing, File Triggers, Indexing, Item List Generating/Retrieving.

File Triggers

CREATE-TRIGGER

DELETE-TRIGGER

LIST-TRIGGERS

Foreign Databases

FDB-CLEAR	FDB-SET	FDB-SHOW
SQL-VIEW

Host-Reality Integration

DIR-VIEW

MAKE-SPECIAL

SYS

Indexing

CREATE-INDEX	DEFINE-INDEX	DELETE-INDEX
ICOUNT	ISELECT	LIST-INDEXES
SELECT-INDEX	VERIFY-INDEX

See also Automatic File Sizing.

Item List Generating/Retrieving

AND-ITEMS	AND-LISTS	BSELECT
ESEARCH	FORM-LIST	GET-LIST
ICOUNT	ISELECT	NEW-GET-LIST
NSELECT	OR-ITEMS	OR-LISTS
QSELECT	SEARCH	SELECT
SELECT-INDEX	SSEARCH	SSELECT
XOR-ITEMS	XOR-LISTS	XSELECT

Item List Processing/Related

CLEAR-OPTION	CLEAR-LIST	COPY-LIST
DELETE-LIST	EDIT-LIST	NEW-SAVE-LIST
NEW-SORT-LIST	SAVE-LIST	SET-OPTION
SORT-LIST

Locks

CLEAR-BASIC-LOCKS	CLEAR-ITEM-LOCKS	LIST-EXECUTION-LOCKS
LIST-GROUP-LOCKS	LIST-ITEM-LOCKS	LIST-LOCKS
SHOW-ITEM-LOCKS

Logging On/Off

ENABLE-LOGONS	INHIBIT-LOGONS	LOGOFF
LOGON	LOGTO	NET-LOGON
OFF	SHUTDOWN

Math

ADDD	ADDX	BTX
DIVD	DIVX	DTX
MULD	MULX	SUBD
SUBX	XTB	XTD

Miscellaneous

. (Dot)	BLOCK-PRINT	BLOCK-TERM
CASE	CLAIM
CLEAR-MSG	CSV-COPY	DO
LOOP-ON	MAN	MESSAGE
MSG	PRINT-ERR	RUNOFF
SET-PRIORITY	SET-PRIV	SET-STACK
SHUTDOWN	SLEEP

New Systems/Upgrades

ENABLE	SYS-UPDATE	UPDATE-ACCOUNT
UPDATE-ALL-ACCOUNTS

Operating Environment

CLEAR-OPTION	DEFINE-ENVIRONMENT	SET-ENVIRONMENT
SET-OPTION	SSM

Peripherals

DATAPRODUCTS	EVFU-SETUP	PCSM
PRINTRONIX

Port Setup

ALLOW-TANDEM	BKOFF	BKON
BREAK-KEY-OFF	BREAK-KEY-ON	CHARGE-TO
CLEAR-OPTION	ENABLE	ENABLE-BREAK-KEY
ENABLE-LOGONS	FIELDREAD	HUSH
INHIBIT-LOGONS	NOHUSH	P
SET132	SET80	SET-OPTION
SSM	TERM	TYPEAHEAD-OFF
TYPEAHEAD-ON

Proc

CLEAR-OPTION	GO	LISTPROCS
PQ-COMPILE	PQ-RESELECT	PQ-SELECT
SET-OPTION	TRACE	UCOMPILE

Resilience

TL-RESTORE	TL-SET-LOG-STATUS	TRANSABORT
TRANSEND	TRANSQUERY	TRANSTART

Saving and Restoring Data

ACCOUNT-RESTORE	ACCOUNT-SAVE	DISCTOTAPE
FILE-SAVE	FLOPPYTOTAPE	F-S
M-A-R	M-A-S	OLD-ACCOUNT-SAVE
OLD-FILE-SAVE	OLD-SAVE	SAVE
SEL-RESTORE	ST-DUMP	TAPETODISC
TAPETOFLOPPY	T-DUMP	T-LOAD
VERIFY-SAVE

Security

SSM

SQL

LIST-SQL-COLUMNS	LIST-SQL-INDEXES	SQL
SQLM

Spooler

BUILD.DESPOOLERS	BUILD.PRINTERS	DESPOOLER.DETAIL
DSM	DSPMON	FQM
LIST SYSTEM-LOG	PCSM	PDM
PORT-DESPOOL	PORTOUT	RESET.DESPOOLER
SP-ALIGN	SP-ASSIGN	SP-CLEAR
SP-CLOSE	SP-COPIES	SP-COPY
SP-CREATE	SP-DELETE	SP-DESC{RIPTION}
SP-DESPOOLERS	SP-DETAIL	SP-DEVICE
SP-EDIT	SP-EJECT	SP-FIX
SP-FORMQUEUE	SP-FQDELETE	SP-JOBS
SP-KILL	SP-LOOK	SPM
SP-MOVEQ	SP-OPTS	SP-PRIORITY
SP-QUEUEHOLD	SP-RESUME	SP-SKIP
SP-STATUS	SP-STOP	SP-SUSPEND
SP-SWITCH	SP-TAPEOUT	SP-TRANSLATE
START-DESPOOLER	START-PRINTER	STOP-DESPOOLER
STOP-PRINTER

Status

%FULL	ANALYZE	CHARGES
FIELDREAD	LIST ACC	LIST FEATURES
LISTU	POVF	SP-JOBS
SP-LOOK	SP-STATUS	USER
WHERE	WHO

Tapes

ASSIGN	CHECK	CLEAR-ASSIGN
DISCTOTAPE	FLOPPYTOTAPE	SPACE
ST-DUMP	TAPETODISC	TAPETOFLOPPY
T-ATT	T-BCK	T-CHK
T-COPY	T-DET	T-DEVICE
T-DUMP	T-ERASE	T-FWD
T-LOAD	T-RDLBL	T-READ
T-RETENSION	T-REW	T-STACKER
T-STATUS	T-UNLOAD	T-VERIFY
T-WEOF

TCL-II Commands (Commonly Used)

AND-ITEMS	BASIC	BLIST
CATALOG	COMP	COPY
CP	CT	ED{IT}
FORM-LIST	NEW-SORT-LIST	OR-ITEMS
PQ-COMPILE	PRINT-CATALOG	PRINT-ERR
QSELECT	SE{D{IT}}	SP-COPY
XOR-ITEMS

TCL Macros

COMMENT	DISPLAY	PROMPT
REM

Terminal Executives

LOAD-FR

TIPH

PH-ALLOCATE	PH-DELETE	PH-KILL
PH-LINES	PH-START	PH-STATUS

Transaction Handling

See Resilience.

Triggers

See File Triggers.

Troubleshooting

BREAK	CAPTURE	ESEARCH
FIND	I-DUMP	LIST SYSTEM-LOG
PEEK	POKE	S-DUMP
SEARCH	SSEARCH	SYSINFO
TANDEM	TRACE	VERIFY-SYSTEM
WHAT	WHERE

User Management

SSM