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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      read_tcat.hlq
%.AUTHOR     KB, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, READ/TCAT
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: READ/TCAT
%.VERSION    1.0  10-OCT-1988 : Creation, KB
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READ/TCAT		                             10-OCT-1988  KB
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READ/TCAT [cat_name] [lowno,hino]
	read Table Catalog entries
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Purpose:  
          Read entries of given Table  Catalog.
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Syntax:
          READ/TCAT [cat_name] [lowno,hino]
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          cat_name = name of Table Catalog;
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              defaulted to the currently active Table Catalog
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          lowno,hino = first entry no. and last entry no. to be listed;
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              defaulted to 1,99999
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See also:
          READ/ICAT, READ/FCAT
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          PRINT/TCAT, CREATE/TCAT, SHOW/TCAT, ADD/TCAT, SUBTRACT/TCAT
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Note: 
          Tables in MIDAS commands may be accessed either by their name or by
          their entry number in a Table Catalog.
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          For VMS, note, that different versions of a file keep the same entry
          number, so you will always access the highest version of that file.
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Examples:
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          READ/TCAT lolly 10,22
            Display all entries with entry number in [10,22] of table catalog
            `lolly.cat'.
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          READ/TCAT
            Display all entries in the currently active table catalog.
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