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%.IDENT      show_icat.hlq
%.AUTHOR     KB, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, SHOW/ACAT
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: SHOW/ACAT
%.VERSION    1.0  03-JUN-1991 : Creation, KB
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SECTION./ACAT
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SHOW/ACAT					03-JUN-1991  KB
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SHOW/ACAT [cat_name] [display_flag]
	show no. of entries in an ASCII\ file catalog
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Purpose:
          Display the total no. of entries + last entry no. in an ASCII file
          catalog.
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Syntax:
          SHOW/ACAT [cat_name] [display_flag]
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          cat_name = name of ASCII file catalog;
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              defaulted to currently active ASCII file catalog
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          display_flag = D(isplay) or N(odisplay), for displaying the
              information on the terminal or not; defaulted to D
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See also:
          READ/ACAT, SUBTRACT/ACAT, ADD/ACAT
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          chapter 3, MIDAS Users Guide, volume A
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Note:  
          The total no. of entries + last entry no. are also written
          into integer keyword OUTPUTI(1,2).
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          See the help of the SET/ACAT command to find out how to make a
          catalog ``active''
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Examples:
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          SHOW/ACAT vinchuga
          Display the no. of entries + last entry no. in ASCII file catalog
          vinchuga.cat
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