Extensive line editing facilities are available from the command line, together with a history command that lets you re-edit thelast 10commands. Multiple commands can appear on a line, which can be as long as 511 characters. See Chapter 2 for a list. A ‘WordStar’-like full screen editor is always available, and can be used from within languages such as BASIC. See Chapter 6 for details. There is a built-in calculator, expr , terminal emulation, and function key re-definition. There is a inbuilt 68000 assembler available in EPROM in some models. Wildcards are similar to MS-DOS, however they are more consistent in use, and are available from all commands.
For example, type *.doc will display the contents of all ‘doc’ files, while dir * will display the contents of all directories one level up the tree from your present directory. A & after a command will invoke multitasking, and run the command in back- ground, while you continue working. See Chapter 7 for details. Page 100 User Tutorial Manual Appendix A