When entering a debugger command interactively at the keyboard,
you can abbreviate a keyword (verb, qualifier, parameter) to as
few characters as are needed to make it unique within the set of
all debugger keywords. However, some commonly used commands (for
example, EXAMINE, DEPOSIT, GO, STEP) can be abbreviated to their
first characters. Also, in some cases, the debugger interprets
nonunique abbreviations correctly on the basis of context.
Pressing the Return key terminates the current line, causing
the debugger to process it. To continue a long command string
on another line, type a hyphen (-) before pressing Return. As
a result, the debugger prompt is prefixed with an underscore
character (_DBG>), indicating that the command string is still
being accepted.
You can enter more than one command string on one line by
separating command strings with semicolons (;).
To enter a comment (explanatory text recorded in a debugger log
file but otherwise ignored by the debugger), precede the comment
text with an exclamation point (!). If the comment wraps to
another line, start that line with an exclamation point.
The command line editing functions that are available at the
DCL prompt ($) are also available at the debugger prompt (DBG>),
including command recall with the up arrow and down arrow keys.
For example, pressing the left arrow and right arrow keys moves
the cursor one character to the left and right, respectively;
pressing Ctrl/H or Ctrl/E moves the cursor to the start or
end of the line, respectively; pressing Ctrl/U deletes all the
characters to the left of the cursor, and so on.
To interrupt a command that is being processed by the debugger,
press Ctrl/C. See the Ctrl/C command.