
DBase2 Commands                              
          
*	Undisplayed comment (like NOTE) - see also REMARK               
?       Display expression(s) on the console                            
@ x,y   Formatted screen or printer output                              
ACCEPT  Input a character string from console                           
APPEND  Add records to the current database                             
BROWSE  Browse in database, modifying records as needed                 
CANCEL  Abort execution of a command file                               
CHANGE  Make multiple changes to database items                         
CLEAR   Reset dBASE file and memory variables                           
CONTINUE 	Continue a LOCATE command                                       COPY    Copy data to another file                                       
COUNT   Count the number of records that satisfy some condition         
CREATE  Create a new database                                           
DELETE  Mark specified records for deletion                             
DELETE FILE file_name    Delete a file from disk                          
DISPLAY Show contents of data records (default=current record)          
DISPLAY STRUCTURE                                                        
DISPLAY MEMORY                                                           
DISPLAY FILES                                                            
DO file_name   	Execute a command file                                     
DO WHILE Repeats statements while <exp> is true.                         
DO CASE  Performs the first applicable CASE that follows                 
EDIT     Alter data in the database                                      
EJECT    Do a form-feed on the printer                                   
ELSE     Alternate path for an IF command                                
ENDCASE  Terminates DO CASE command                                      
ENDDO    Terminates DO WHILE command                                     
ENDIF    Terminates IF command                                           
ERASE    Clear console screen                                            
FIND     Locate record in an indexed database                            
GOTO     Position to given place in a database                           
IF <exp> Conditional execution (up to ELSE or ENDIF)                     
INDEX    Generate an indexfile and attach for USE                        
INPUT    Input from console with type checking                           
INSERT   Insert a record into the database                               
JOIN     Create a new database combining PRIMARY & SECONDARY             
LIST     Show data records  (default=all records)                        
LOCATE   Find record without using index                                 
LOOP     Used inside DO WHILE, goes to ENDDO                             
MODIFY COMMAND  Modify a command file from dBASE                       
MODIFY STRUCTURE  Modify structure of a data file                        
NOTE     Comment in command file, not displayed (also *)                 
PACK     Eliminate records marked for deletion                           
QUIT     Terminate DBASE                                                 
READ     Perform data entry for a formatted screen                       
RECALL   Unmark records marked for deletion                              
RELEASE  Erase memory variables (to save space)                          
REMARK   Comment in command file, displayed on screen                    
RENAME   Rename a disk file                                              
REPLACE  Alter data fields                                               
REPORT   Prepare a report from the datafile                              
RESET    Reset CP/M after swapping disks                                 
RESTORE  Reload memvars from SAVEd file                                  
RETURN   Return from a command file                                      
SAVE     Save all memory variables for future RESTORE                    
SELECT   Switch working areas                                            
SET      Set values for option parameters                                
SKIP [number]      Move forward (or back) in the database                
SORT     Generate a new sorted database (single key only)                
STORE exp TO memvar     Assignment statement for memory variables        
SUM      Compute the database sum for given fields/expressions           
TOTAL    Generate an aggregated database                                 
UPDATE   Modify with data from another database                          
USE      Opens the specified .DBF database file                          
WAIT     Wait for next keyboard character                                
