9 ASK, UTILITIES, Enhanced INQUIRE-like User-Prompting Tool   I The ASK program can be used to read a line of input from SYS$COMMAND. ASK J works like the INQUIRE command, except that it allows escape sequences andI end_of_file (Ctrl/Z) to be read by the user. The input string or keypress I is returned in a local DCL symbol. Options allow for the read to timeout, F the result to be placed in a global DCL symbol, a default string to beH applied if no input, the result to be all upper case, and that the inputL string is not echoed. ASK was written to simulate the RSX11M .ASK directive.  E By Mark Paulk, modified by James G. Downward, Phil Smith, & Ed James.   " Version 2.16  Ed James 13-SEP-1995  G Includes object files from OpenVMS VAX V6.1 and OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 that D use LIB$TABLE_PARSE, and from OpenVMS VAX V5.5 that uses LIB$TPARSE,  