Help: Functions by Category

This list gives a one-line description of all built-in Variable Functions, and a cross reference which selects a separate help topic on that function where you will find the detailed syntax and description. You can also obtain help on any function with a HELP @functionname command at the prompt or by pressing Ctrl-F1 when the cursor is on the function name. See the HELP command for details

@ASSOC	File association for the extension
@CLIP	Specified line from clipboard
@CLIPW	Write string to the clipboard
@CONSOLE	Identify console sessions
@ERRTEXT	Windows error description
@FTYPE	Open command string for the file type
@ISPROC	Returns 1 if a process is active; otherwise 0
@READSCR	Read characters from the screen
@REGCREATE	Create registry subkey
@REGDELKEY	Delete a registry key and its subkeys
@REGEXIST	Test if a registry key exists
@REGQUERY	Read value from registry
@REGSET	Write value to registry
@REGSETENV	Write value to registry and broadcast change.
@REGTYPE	Type of registry variable
@WINCLASS	Title of first window with classname
@WINEXENAME	Executable name for window
@WININFO	Current system information
@WINMEMORY	Windows memory information
@WINMETRICS	Windows system metrics
@WINPOS	Window position
@WINSTATE	Current state of window
@WINSYSTEM	Set/get windows system parameters

@CDROM	CD-ROM drive: 1, otherwise 0
@CWD	Current Working Directory of specified drive
@CWDS	Current Working Directory of specified drive, with trailing backslash
@DEVICE	Character device: 1, otherwise 0
@DISKFREE	Free disk space
@DISKTOTAL	Total disk space
@DISKUSED	Used disk space
@DRIVETYPE	Type of drive (hard drive, CD-ROM, etc.)
@DRIVETYPEEX	Type of drive (hard drive, CD-ROM, etc.)
@FSTYPE	File system type (FAT, NTFS, CDFS, etc.)
@JUNCTION	Directory referenced by the junction
@LABEL	Volume label
@READY	Drive ready: 1, otherwise 0
@REMOTE	Remote (network) drive: 1, otherwise 0
@REMOVABLE	Removable drive: 1, otherwise 0
@SERIAL	Serial number of a disk
@SHFOLDER	Windows folder locations
@SYMLINK	Target of a symbolic link

@COMPARE	Compare two files
@CRC32	File CRC
@FILECLOSE	Close a file handle
@FILEOPEN	Open a file handle
@FILEREAD	Read next line from a file
@FILEREADB	Read bytes from a file
@FILESEEK	Move a file handle pointer
@FILESEEKL	Move a file handle pointer to a specified line
@FILEWRITE	Write next line to a file
@FILEWRITEB	Write data to a file handle
@INIREAD	Return an entry from an .INI file
@INIWRITE	Write an entry in an .INI file
@INODE	Inode value for a file
@LINE	Specified line from a file
@LINES	Count lines in a file
@LINKS	Number of NTFS hard links for a file
@MD5	MD5 hash of a string or file
@SHA1	SHA1 checksum for a file
@SHA256	SHA2-256 checksum for a file
@SHA384	SHA2-384 checksum for a file
@SHA512	SHA2-512 checksum for a file
@SUMMARY	NTFS SummaryInformation stream for a file
@TRUNCATE	Truncate file at current position
@VERINFO	Executable file version information

@ALTNAME	Short name for the file.
@EXPAND	All names that match filename
@EXT	File extension
@FILENAME	File name and extension
@FULL	Full file name with path
@LFN	Long name for a short filename
@NAME	File name without path or extension
@PATH	File path without name
@QUOTE	Double quote a filename
@SFN	Short name for a long filename
@SEARCH	Path search
@TRUENAME	True name of a file
@UNC	UNC name of a file
@UNIQUE	Create file with unique name
@UNQUOTE	Remove double quotes from a filename
@UNQUOTES	Remove leading and trailing double quotes

@ATTRIB	Test or return file attributes
@DESCRIPT	File description
@EXETYPE	Application type
@FILEAGE	File age (date and time)
@FILEDATE	File date
@FILES	Number of files matching a wildcard
@FILESIZE	Total size of files matching a wildcard
@FILETIME	File time
@FINDCLOSE	Closes the search handle.
@FINDFIRST	Find first matching file
@FINDNEXT	Find next matching file
@INODE	Inode value for a file
@LINKS	Number of NTFS hard links for a file
@OWNER	File owner
@SEARCH	Path search
@SUMMARY	NTFS SummaryInformation stream for a file
@TRUENAME	True name for a file
@UNIQUE	Create file with unique name
@VERINFO	Executable file version information
@WATTRIB	Test or return file attributes

@ASCII	List of ASCII-s for characters in string
@CAPS	Capitalize first character of each word
@CHAR	Character string, given a set of ASCII-s
@COUNT	Counts occurrences of a character in a string
@EXECSTR	Execute a command and return its first output line
@FIELD	Extract a field from a string
@FIELDS	Count fields in a string
@FORMAT	Formats data string according to format string
@INDEX	Offset of string2 within string1
@INSERT	Insert string1 into string2
@INSTR	Extract a substring
@ISALNUM	Test for alphanumeric characters
@ISALPHA	Test for alphabetic characters
@ISASCII	Test for ASCII characters
@ISCNTRL	Test for control characters
@ISDIGIT	Test for decimal digits
@ISPRINT	Test for printable characters
@ISPUNCT	Test for punctuation characters
@ISSPACE	Test for white space characters
@ISXDIGIT	Test for hexadecimal digits
@LCS	Longest common sequence in two strings
@LEFT	Left end of string
@LEN	Length of a string
@LOWER	Convert string to lower case
@LTRIM	Trims specified leading characters.
@MD5	MD5 hash of a string or file
@REGEX	Return a Regular Expression test
@REGEXINDEX	Return the offset of a regular expression match
@REGEXSUB	Return the nth matching group of a regular expression test
@REPEAT	Repeat a character
@REPLACE	Replace string1 with string2 in text
@REVERSE	Reverse a string
@RIGHT	Right end of string
@RTRIM	Trims specified trailing characters.
@SIMILAR	Test similarity between two strings
@STRIP	Strips all characters in char from string
@SUBST	Substitute a string within another string

@ABS	Absolute value of n
@AVERAGE	Average of a list
@CEILING	Smallest integer not less than n
@COMMA	Insert commas (thousands separators) into a numeric string
@CONVERT	Convert value from input base to output base
@DEC	Decrement a numeric value by 1
@DECIMAL	Decimal fraction portion of a number
@DIGITS	Tests if string is all digits
@EVAL	Arithmetic calculations
@FORMATN	Format a numeric value
@FORMATNC	Format a numeric value and insert thousands separators
@FLOOR	Largest integer not larger than n
@INC	Increment a numeric value by 1
@INT	Integer part of a number
@MAX	Largest integer in the list
@MIN	Smallest integer in the list
@NUMERIC	Test if a string is numeric
@RANDOM	Generate a random integer

@AGEDATE	Converts an age into date and time
@DAY	Day of month for date
@DATE	Convert date to number of days
@DOW	Short name of day of week for date
@DOWF	Full name of day of week
@DOWI	Day of week as integer
@DOY	Day of year for date
@IDOW	Short localized name of day of week for date
@IDOWF	Full localized name of day of week for date
@MAKEAGE	Convert date and time to age
@MAKEDATE	Convert number of days to date
@MAKETIME	Convert number of seconds to time
@MONTH	Month in specified date
@TIME	Convert time to number of seconds
@YEAR	Year for date

@AFSCELL	OpenAFS cell name for a path
@AFSMOUNT	OpenAFS mount point for a path
@AFSPATH	Path is in OpenAFS: 1, otherwise 0
@AFSSYMLINK	OpenAFS symbolic link for a path
@AFSVOLID	OpenAFS volume ID for a path
@AFSVOLNAME	OpenAFS volume name for a path
@DOMAIN	Domain name of a computer
@ENUMSERVERS	Identify server names on a network
@ENUMSHARES	Identify sharenames on a server
@GROUP	User is member of group: 1, otherwise 0
@IPADDRESS	The numeric IP for a host name
@IPNAME	The host name for a numeric IP
@PING	Response time from a host
@WORKGROUP	Workgroup name of a computer

@ALIAS	Value of an alias
@CAPI	Call a _cdecl function in a DLL
@CLIP	Specified line from clipboard
@CLIPW	Write string to the clipboard
@COLOR	RGB value of a color
@DEBUG	Write a string to the debugger
@DIRSTACK	Display directory stack entry
@ERRTEXT	Windows error description
@EXEC	Execute a command, returns its exit code
@EXECSTR	Execute a command, returns its first output line
@FUNCTION	Definition of a function
@HISTORY	A line or word from the command history
@IF	Value dependent on a conditional expression
@OPTION	Current configuration option value
@PERL	Evaluate a Perl expression
@READSCR	Read characters from the screen
@REXX	Evaluate a REXX expression
@RUBY	Evaluate a Ruby expression
@SCRIPT	Evaluate expression in active scripting engine
@SELECT	Menu selection
@SNAPSHOT	Save a window or the desktop to a BMP
@TIMER	Get split time from timer.
@WINAPI	Call a Windows API function
@WMI	Query WMI
@XMLCLOSE	Close an XML file previously opened by @XMLOPEN
@XMLNODES	Return the number of nodes (children) for the specified path in an XML file
@XMLOPEN	Open an XML file for use by @XMLXPATH and/or @XMLNODES
@XMLXPATH	Return text of XML element

	Dates and times			Network properties
	Drives and devices			Numbers and arithmetic
	File content			Strings and characters
	File names			System status
	File properties			Utility
	Input dialog boxes

@SUBSTR	Older version of @INSTR to extract a substring
@TRIM	Remove blanks from a string
@UNICODE	List of UNICODEs for characters in string
@UPPER	Convert string to upper case
@WILD	Compares strings using wildcards
@WORD	Extract a word from a string
@WORDS	Count words in a string

@GETDIR	Prompt for a directory name.
@GETFILE	Prompt for a path and file name.
@GETFOLDER	Folder name from tree view.
@SELECT	Menu selection