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<?showswap>
Description
The <?showswap> command swaps the working set of counters with one from a show string counter slot. The information was originally saved to the counter slot via a <?showput> command.
Syntax
<?showswap slot:n what:b>
slot
Slot number whose information should replace the current set: a value between 1 and 5
what
The set of items to be retrieved from the slot during the swap, entered as a string of characters without quotes:
*
All numeric counters
a..o
Specified counter
p
Page number parts
x
x counters
$
String counters
- (minus)
Remove item from set before swapping the counter (e.g. *-gp = retrieve all numeric counters except page number information during the swap)
*$
Complete set of numeric and string counters
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