Command: stanza
Command: stanzastanza <assign> {,<assign> ... }
Declare (and optionally assign) a stanza identifier.
<assign>
<ident> { = <value> }
<ident>
The name of the identifier.
<value>
The stanza value in the form of a string expression.
None
A command stanza is an executable string of one or more commands, which may be passed parameters if necessary.
A stanza and its parameters are executed by name, similar to the execution of any other command.
Parameters within a stanza should be indicated by the sequence $<n>, where n has a range 1 through 9.
All parameters together can be handled by using $*. If a $ is required within the stanza string it should be escaped, e.g.
"tell \$mydir/file".
A stanza with a straight word-for-word replacement has the same effect as an alias identifier.
A stanza identifier may be used like a string identifier within other commands.
If not given a value, the identifier is initialized to an empty string.
Simple stanza.
stanza pwd = 'tell current_dir'
Multiple command stanza with parameters.
stanza helpme helpme = '!Help on $1; type $1.hlp'
Stanza with use of variable number of parameters
stanza htype = 'type -h,$*'
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