Other forms of some commands are also available which in principle shortens the answer delay. They require an indication of the type of data to be processed. No options are available. They are:
meas list detail detref extrf compar slct
> meas ubv 1 2 display the UBV data of star 1 and 2; (identical to ubv 1 2).
> list doo list the ddo data file; (identical to ddo).
> detail mk give the number of stars per reference; (identical to mk -d).
> detref vsn list in addition the relevant references; (identical to vsn -dr).
> extrf ubv 1341 select the data from reference 1341 (identical to ubv ref -eq 1341).
> compar ubv pgh start the program for comparing the UBV pe data with the pg ones; (identical to ubv -c pgh).
> slct ubv v -lt 7.5 select star with V < 7.5; (identical to ubv v -lt 7.5).