usage (1) --- print summary of command syntax            03/23/82


            _U_s_a_g_e

                 usage { <command> }


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

                 'Usage'  prints  a  summary  of  the acceptable command line
                 syntax for each command and a summary of the acceptable cal-
                 ling sequence for  each  library  subprogram  named  in  its
                 argument  list.   Command line syntax is expressed in a BNF-
                 like meta-language that is described by "help -g bnf".


            _E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s

                 usage rf ed se


            _F_i_l_e_s

                 =doc=/fman/s1/<command>.d for command documentation
                 =doc=/fman/s2/<subprogram>.d for subprogram documentation
                 =doc=/fman/s3/<command>.d for local command documentation
                 =doc=/fman/s4/<subprogram>.d for local subprogram doc.
                 =doc=/fman/s5/<command>.d for low-level  command  documenta-
                 tion
                 =doc=/fman/s6/<subprogram>.d for low-level subprogram doc.
                 =doc=/fman/index for command and subroutine index


            _M_e_s_s_a_g_e_s

                 "Sorry,  no help is available for <command>" in case of mis-
                      sing or unreadable documentation file.


            _S_e_e _A_l_s_o

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