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warning [-showLineNumber boolean]
string
warning is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.
The warning command is provided so that the user can issue warning messages from his/her scripts. The string argument is displayed in the command window (or stdout if running in batch mode) after being prefixed with an error message heading and surrounded by //.None
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-showLineNumber(-sl)
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boolean
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command | Flag can appear in Edit mode of command |
Flag can appear in Query mode of command | Flag can be used more than once in a command. |
$l = `ls -lights`; if (size($l) == 0) { warning "No Lights"; } // The above will produce the following output: // Warning: No Lights // $l = `ls -lights`; if (size($l) == 0) { warning -showLineNumber true "No Lights"; } // Adding "-showLineNumber true" to the same example will produce the // following output: // Warning: line 3: No Lights //