General conventions

The format of the commands follows these general conventions:
  • Any line with an asterisk (*) in column 1 is treated as a comment (unless the asterisk is part of a continued quoted string).
  • Column 72 is for continuation in some cases.
  • Columns 73 through 80 of all lines are ignored.
  • Blank lines are ignored.
  • A single command can contain a maximum of 8191 characters.