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NAME
     pick - menu item selection for program execution

SYNOPSIS
     pick (-I) program file
     pick (-I) program itemtype file

DESCRIPTION
     pick is a program to make item selections from a  data  file
     with a menu, it can simplify comparative execution of a pro-
     gram against different items.

     pick operates in two modes, in the first, the first argument
     is the name of the program to be executed (in quotes if pro-
     gram switches are included) and the  second  argument  is  a
     data file.  In this mode, a menu of all items in the file is
     presented and the user may  make  several  selections.   The
     entry  of  a  null selection causes the program to be called
     with the selected items, and pick exits.

     In the second mode, the first argument is the  program  name
     as before, but the second argument is an item number or item
     short code (the two character code  "SP",  "LX",  etc),  the
     third  argument  is  the data file.  In this mode, a menu of
     only items of the required type is presented, and each  menu
     selection  causes the program to be executed with an indivi-
     dual item selection.  The entry of a null  selection  causes
     pick to exit.

     Options and their meanings are:

     -I         Identify program and version.

     Example usage:
          pick "Ds -p" acha.db
     and
          pick replay 1 acha.db

VERSION/AUTHOR
     1.1 - Mark Huckvale.

SEE ALSO
     apply

SOURCE
     /ptemp/mark/sfs/util/pick.c









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