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DARK
PAWNS

A Multi-User DungeonEST. 1994

System

Look up Dark Pawns system commands and topics in the game's original help text, with the wording, examples and warnings kept intact.

Look up a command or topic below. The help text keeps the game's wording, including its examples and warnings.

! ^

Verbatim in-game help.

Use ! to repeat the last command typed at the keyboard.
Use ^ to replace a string from the last command with a new string. The
syntax is the same as in unix: "^old-string^replacement"
Examples:
> tell rasmusse Hi there, how are you?
No-one by that name here.
> ^rasmusse^rasmussen
You tell Rasmussen, 'Hi there, how are you?'
> ^you^you doing^
You tell Rasmussen, 'Hi there, how are you doing?'
See also: ALIAS

QUI SHUTDOW

Verbatim in-game help.

Just to prevent accidental quittings and/or shutdowns.
This command doesn't DO anything, it simply is.
See also: QUIT