PIP HELP

(Source: Living Computer Museum. Toad-1 (toad-1.livingcomputermuseum.org)
file PS:<HELP>PIP.HLP.1. Accessed 2011/12/27.)

PIP is Peripheral Interchange Program from DEC.  It is provided for
compatibility with TOPS-10 systems.  The TOPS-20 command COPY does
most things that one would use PIP for, in a better way.  The
exception is converting from tabs to multiple spaces, and vice versa.

PIP.HLP	%33B	25-Feb-75
PIP Switches (Alphabetic order) Summary

 A	Line Blocking
 B	Binary Processing (Mode)
 C	Suppress Trailing Spaces, Convert multiple
 	Spaces to Tabs
 D	Delete File
 E	Treat (Card) Columns 73-80 as Spaces
 F	List Disk or DTA Directory (File Names and Ext. only)
 G	Ignore I/O Errors
 H	Image Binary Processing (Mode)
 I	Image Processing (Mode)
 J	Punch Cards in ASCII Mode (Output Device must be CDP:)
	or Convert Control Characters on TTY output.
 L	List Directory
 M	See MTA Switches Below
 N	Delete Sequence Numbers
 O	Same as /S Switch, except Increment is by 1
 P	FORTRAN output assumed. Convert format
	control characters for LPT listing
	/B/P copy FORTRAN Binary
 Q	Print (this) List of Switches and Meanings
 R	Rename File
 S	Resequence, or Add Sequence Numbers to File;
	Increment is by 10
 T	Suppress Trailing Spaces only
 U	Copy Block 0 (DTA)
 V	Match Parentheses (<>)
 W	Convert Tabs to Multiple Spaces
 X	Copy Specified Files
 Y	RIM, DTA to PTP if-
	Source Extension is: 		Destination Format is:
		RTB			RIM Loader, RIM10B file, Xfer word
		SAV			as RTB-RIM10B file only
		RMT			RIM10
 Z	Zero out Directory

MTA Switches:
Enclose in Parentheses ().
M Followed by 8 Means Select 800 B.P.I. Density
	      5	             556
	      2	             200
	      E	             Even Parity
	      A		     Advance MTA 1 File
              D		     Advance MTA 1 Record
	      B		     Backspace MTA 1 File
              P		     Backspace MTA 1 Record
	      W		     Rewind MTA or DTA
	      T		     Skip to Logical EOT
	      U		     Rewind and Unload MTA or DTA
	      F		     Mark EOF

(M#nA),(M#nB),(M#nD),(M#nP) Mean Advance or Backspace MTA n
Files or Records.