Editing AmigaDOS (section)

===Command template===
AmigaDOS commands are expected to provide a standard "template" that describes the arguments they can accept. This can be used as a basic "help" feature for commands, although third-party replacement console handlers and [[Shell (computing)|shells]], such as [[Bash (Unix shell)|Bash]] or [[Zshell]] (ported from [[Unix]]), or KingCON often provide more verbose help for built-in commands.

On requesting the template for the command "''Copy''", the following output is obtained:

<syntaxhighlight lang="doscon">
1> Copy ?
   FROM, TO/A, ALL/S, QUIET/S
</syntaxhighlight>

:This [[string (computer science)|string]] means that the user must use this command in conjunction with ''FROM'' and ''TO'' arguments, where the latter is compulsory ({{mono|/A}}). The argument keywords ''ALL'' and ''QUIET'' are switches ({{mono|/S}}) and change the results of the command ''Copy'' (''ALL'' causes all files in a directory to be copied, while ''QUIET'' will cause the command to generate no output).

By reading this template, a user can know that the following syntax is acceptable for the command:

<syntaxhighlight lang="doscon">
1> Copy DF0:Filename TO DH0:Directory/Filename
</syntaxhighlight>