Summary of miriad commands

**Table 2.2:** `Miriad` shell command overview
Command	Syntax	Comments
=	key = value	assignment (see also SET)
cd	cd directory	change directory
er	er key	command line editing of a parameter.
exit	exit	exit `miriad`, and save parameters in lastexit
go	go [-b] [taskname]	start up task
help	help [-w] [taskname] [-k key]	on line help on task
inp	inp [taskname]	overview inputs
source	source cmdfile	read commands from a command file
load	load [keyfile]	load task parameters from keyword file
quit	quit	quit `miriad`, and does not save lastexit
save	save [keyfile]	save task parameters to keyfile
set	set key value	assigment
setenv	setenv var value	set an environment variable
task	task taskname	set new default taskname
tget	tget [-l] [taskname]	load parameters for a particular task
tput	tput [-l] [taskname]	save parameters for a particular task
unset	unset key1 key2 ....	unset variables (blank them)
unsetenv	unsetenv var	unset an environment variable
view	view [taskname]	edit task parameters in a keyfile

**Table 2.3:** `Miriad` Environment Variables
Environment Variable	Comments
VISUAL	Editor for editing keyword files and bug reports.
EDITOR	Editor for editing keyword files and bug reports.
MIRPAGER	Web browser or pager for reading help documents
PAGER	Pager for reading documents
MIRDEF	Directory for keyword files
TMPDIR	Directory for scratch files (see Section 4.3).