Updated May 2026
EZTYP <filename>
EZTYP displays the specified file, using the EZ-SPOOL file viewer. Although this command was officially renamed to "EZVUE" quite some time ago, the original command name of EZTYP has been retained in the interests of backwards compatibility and ontological confusion. Refer to EZSPL configuration, and note that the colors may be affected by settings in the INI.CLR file.
The operation of EZVUE/EZTYP is reasonably self-explanatory, particularly after a glance at the help screen, which is accessed via the ? key. However, the following topics may help fill in some of the gaps.
EZVUE can also be accessed via Xcall EZTYP, or simply by including the TYPE=ON parameter setting within the applicable EZ-SPOOL configuration file. This latter method will result in an option to preview the file being given every time your application calls Xcall SPOOL.
The name EZVUE is essentially an alias to EZTYP and came into being to highlight the VUE-like features added to the A-Shell version of EZTYP (command mode, search capability, paging, etc.).
LOOK is the name of a file viewer included with SuperVue and popular under AMOS, and that EZTYP is generally speaking a very suitable (and more capable) replacement for it. Applications which contain hard-coded references to LOOK might want to just create a look.do file that contains:
;LOOK.DO -
$R
EZTYP $0
Wide Reports
EZVUE will automatically switch into 132 column mode if a cursory examination of the first several lines of the file indicates the presence of lines longer than 80 columns (unless AUTOWIDTH=OFF in the EZ-SPOOL configuration file). You can also switch between 80/132 columns with the left and right arrow keys. But if 132 columns is not enough, you can continue to hit Right-Arrow to shift the entire display window over, several columns at a time. Hitting the Left-Arrow will reverse this process, finally returning you to 80 column mode when you hit the left margin.
Variable Rows
If your terminal supports this capability, Shift+Up-Arrow and Shift+Down-Arrow (or just T for Tall/Toggle) will toggle you between the normal 24-row display and a 42-row display. On a modern high-resolution display, viewing a large file at 42 x 132 is quite reasonable and much more efficient than at 24 x 80.
See Also
| • | VIEWASHLOG - EZTYP wrapper for filtered viewing of ashlog.log |
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