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Specifying Simulation Output
Using Wildcards for Plotting and Probing
o
To probe all internal states (denoted by the syntax “->”) of macromodel y1 inside
subcircuit x1:
.PROBE TRAN S(x1.y1->*)
o
To probe all waveform definitions (defwaves) for subcircuits beginning with the
name x1:
Special Characters
.PROBE TRAN W(x1.*)
If the name used in a .PLOT/.PROBE command contains brackets, ( [ ] ), or the “?” character,
these are interpreted as special characters when the wildcard character “*” is used (see
Table 8-1). By default, according to UNIX convention, brackets are interpreted as special
characters defining a wildcard expression. These special characters may be overridden by using
the delimiter backslash character “\”, which removes the special function of the character that
immediately follows it, or by specifying .OPTION NOCMPUNIX to change the interpretation.
For example, the following only returns names that begin with X1.*, because, according to
UNIX convention, X[1].* means all names beginning with “X” followed by the character “1”:
.PROBE tran V(X[1].*)
Therefore, to display all nodes beginning with V(X[1].*) either of the following should be used:
or:
.option NOCMPUNIX
.PROBE tran V(X[1].*)
.PROBE tran V(X\[1\].*)
The following table contains a listing of the special characters that can be used with the .PLOT/
.PROBE command.
Table 8-1. Special Characters for Plotting and Probing
Character Description
* Matches any sequence of characters
? Matches any single character
[abcd]
Matches any character in the specified set
[-abcd]
Matches any character in the specified range, for example [A-Z]
matches all alphabetical characters
[!abcd] Matches any character not in the specified set, for example [!0-9]
matches all characters which are not digits
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