VERB is any one of the Empire commands on the \Q*command list (what you see when you type list-- e.g. map, move, info, etc).
lox:hix,loy:hiy ?cond&cond&...
lox, hix, loy, hiy are coordinates bounding the rectangular area to be considered
<VALUE><OPERATOR><VALUE>
<VALUE> is either a <COMM>, as above,
a number in the range 0 to 65536,
a sector designation,
(m for mine, c for capital, etc), a type of unit
(frigate, cavalry, etc), or a selector found in info
Selector.
<OPERATOR> can be any one of:
will list all highways
within 3 of your capital
with exactly 5 guns and more military than civilians.
Similarly,
[##:##] deliver f -9:9,-9:9 ?f_del=0
will allow you to set up food delivery
in all the sectors that don't already
have food delivery.
Note that hix, hiy, and ?cond are all optional.
Also, the entire lox:hix,loy:hiy section may be replaced
by either #, #0, #1, #2,
or #3, ... which refer to
realms which you can define.
(See info realm.)
Note that # and #0 are equivalent. Also * refers to
all sectors, and @x,y:dist refers to all sectors within dist of x,y.
<SHIP> ::= one ship number
<FLEET> ::= fleet designation,
which may be a list of ships separated by slashes (`/'),
a fleet letter,
the character tilde (`~') which means all ships not in a specific fleet,
or a rectangular sector area.
<SHIP/FLEET> ::= either a single ship number or a fleet designation.
Note that <FLEET> specifications may have an optional ?cond&cond...
argument like that used for <SECTS> arguments.
For instance:
[##:##] ship ~ ?des=d&mil>5
will list all destroyers that have more than 5 military which are not currently in any fleet.
which sends the output to the file FILE.
which appends the output to the file FILE.
which sends the output to the file FILE, replacing the file it if it already exists.
which send the output of the command to the program PROGRAM with optional arguments ARGS. This is most useful when PROGRAM is some type of pager like more(1) or less(1).