Show

The show command has two applications.

• Show settings for Set parameters (see below)
• Show the files in your file list, that is the files that you have selected to search.
  • Example: show files

Set

• The set command is used with a variety of words to define what you want to search, how you want aspects of records to be displayed, or to modify account information.
• To find out what set parameters you have set, use the show command.
  • show all - shows all the current parameters
  • show <parameter name> - show a specific set parameter.
  • Example:
    • show cost

Example Uses of Set

Commands	Usage	Examples, Notes
set files	set file #(s) or set <file name(s)>	Use in DialIndex or OneSearch set medicine,88 set 145, 275, 628
set hilight set hi	set hi on <or off> set hilight on	Hilight emboldens the search terms in the returned records. This supposedly can only be used in databases that have a KWIC capability. You can add some symbol (* or - or other) to provide some further identification surrounding the search terms.
set keyword in context - set the number of words	set kwic nn set k nn	kwic displays results showing search terms surrounded by text. You specify the number of surrounding words to be displayed: set kwic 50