Special characters

   

To define aliases, keyaliases or write commandfiles, you need a set of control characters. These are used to replace keys like CR or Esc, which cannot be inserted in files. TV's control characters are listed in table 3.2 on page .

 

% Execute system command.

@ Execute command file.

#,! Comment.

; Carriage Return. Escape.

? Give a listing of available commands.

" " String, contents will not be evaluated.

() Parenthesize.

$(n) Insert value of argument # n.

$(ENVIRONMENT) Insert content of environment variable ENVIRONMENT.

`unix command` The result of the unix command will be inserted at the place of this expression. E.g. look at the alias for help.

ESC Toggle between edit- and cursormode.

Ctrl-C Leave TV.

**, ?, [, ] filename evaluation like /bin/ls see spectrum get.