1  TYPE
   Displays the contents of a file or group of files on the current
   output device.

   Format

     TYPE  file-spec[, . . . ]
 

2  Parameters
 

file-spec[, . . . ]

   Specifies the names of one or more input files to be copied. If
   you specify more than one input file, separate them with either
   commas or plus signs. You can specify standard OpenVMS wildcards
   in file names, both Files-11 and foreign. You can use wildcard
   directories with Files-11 and DOS-11 input.

   The syntax for the file names is dependent on the particular
   volume format option present or implied.
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/LOG

      /LOG
      /NOLOG

   Controls whether TYPE displays the file specifications of each
   file displayed.

   If you specify /LOG, the TYPE command displays the following for
   each copy operation:

   o  File specifications of the input and output files

   o  Number of blocks or the number of records copied (depending on
      whether the file is copied on a block-by-block or record-by-
      record basis)
 

/RECORD_FORMAT

      /RECORD_FORMAT=(option[, . . . ])

   Defines the internal record structure of a file and other
   attributes of the records.
 

/REWIND

      /REWIND
      /NOREWIND

   Controls whether the DOS-11 input magnetic tape reel logically
   rewinds to the beginning-of-tape mark before EXCHANGE searches
   for the file name given in the input specifier.

   Use this qualifier only for DOS-11 magnetic tape devices. The
   default is /NOREWIND; you should use /REWIND when you want TYPE
   to start searching for a file at the beginning of the magnetic
   tape rather than at the current position.
 

/VOLUME_FORMAT

      /VOLUME_FORMAT=option

   Defines the physical format of the volume to be processed. The
   default format qualifier is dependent on the device type.
 

2  Example

 EXCHANGE> TYPE DYA0:BEAM.RAT/VOLUME=RT11/RECORD=STREAM

     The command in this example copies the RT-11 file to the
     current SYS$OUTPUT device. The two qualifiers are the defaults
     if DYA0 was mounted as a foreign volume.