.\"     Title: zoomsh
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.\"      Date: 09/04/2006
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.\"    Source: YAZ 2.1.28
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.TH "ZOOMSH" "1" "09/04/2006" "YAZ 2.1.28" ""
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.SH "NAME"
zoomsh \- ZOOM shell
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 7
\fBzoomsh\fR [commands...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBzoomsh\fR
is a ZOOM client with a simple command line interface. The client demonstrates the ZOOM API and is useful for testing targets.
.PP
You may pass one or more commands to
\fBzoomsh\fR. These commands are invoked first.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
If you start the
\fByaz\-ztest\fR
in one console you can use the ZOOM shell as follows:
.sp
.RS 3n
.nf
$ zoomsh
ZOOM>connect localhost:9999
ZOOM>search computer
localhost:9999: 7 hits
ZOOM>show 0 1
1 Default USmarc
001    11224466 
003 DLC
005 00000000000000.0
008 910710c19910701nju           00010 eng  
010    $a    11224466 
040    $a DLC $c DLC
050 00 $a 123\-xyz
100 10 $a Jack Collins
245 10 $a How to program a computer
260 1  $a Penguin
263    $a 8710
300    $a p. cm.
ZOOM>quit

    
.fi
.RE
.sp
.PP
You can also achieve the same result by passing the commands as arguments on a single command line:
.PP

$ zoomsh "connect localhost:9999" "search computer"
"show 0 1" quit
.SH "COMMANDS"
.TP 3n
connect \fIzurl\fR
Connects to the target given by
\fIzurl\fR.
.TP 3n
close [\fIzurl\fR]
Closes connection to target given by
\fIzurl\fR
or all targets if
\fIzurl\fR
was omitted.
.TP 3n
show [\fIstart\fR [\fIcount\fR]]
Displays
count
records starting at offset given by
\fIstart\fR. First records has offset 0 (unlike the Z39.50 protocol).
.TP 3n
quit
Quits
\fBzoomsh\fR.
.TP 3n
set \fIname\fR [\fIvalue\fR]
Sets option
\fIname\fR
to
\fIvalue\fR.
.TP 3n
get \fIname\fR
Prints value of option
\fIname\fR.
.TP 3n
help
Prints list of available commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fByaz\fR(7),
\fByaz\-ztest\fR(8),
.PP
Section "Building clients with ZOOM" in the YAZ manual.
.PP

[1]\&\fIZOOM home page\fR.
.SH "REFERENCES"
.TP 3
1.\ ZOOM home page
\%http://zoom.z3950.org/