Get_scf_field

NAME

get_scf_field -- extract comments from an SCF file

SYNOPSIS

get_scf_field [ -cqs ] filename [ Field-ID ... ]

DESCRIPTION

The get_scf_field command extracts comments from an SCF file. Each comment is of the form Field-ID=comment. Where Field-ID is a 4 character identifier.

With no Field-ID arguments specified all comments are listed. Otherwise only those specified on the command line are listed.

OPTIONS

-c

Suppresses the output of the Field-ID. Only the right hand side of the comment is displayed. The default action is the display the full comment in the form listed above.

-q

Query mode. Here no output is displayed, but it simply returns true or false depending on whether any of requested comments were found.

-s

Silent mode. No error messages are produced, except for usage messages. It returns true or false for success or failure.

SEE ALSO

See section get_comment(1).

See section scf(4).