Checking interpreter status

 

show status;  
This command will report the current print_length and whether verbose mode and argument checking are turned on. It will also list all the functions that are being traced  or profiled , and all the outstanding background variables  and whether the corresponding jobs have completed.

<Nesl> show status;
verbose on
arg_check on
print_length = 100
traced functions:
  sort
background variables:
  X (done)
  Y (waiting on PSC Cray C90 (mario))