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• Double-click on a .db or .dbb file to execute the Run Interactive Now program. When executed in this
  way, ANSYS will use the Initial jobname,Total Workspace (-m), and Database (-db) values previously
  set in the Interactive dialog box. To change these settings, access the Interactive dialog box (select Inter-
  active from the ANSYS folder), change the settings as desired, and click on Close.


• Double-click on a .grph or .f33 file to execute the DISPLAY program. The first plot that appears in the
  file will be loaded into DISPLAY automatically.

For more information about the Interactive dialog box, see the Operations Guide. For more information
about the DISPLAY program, see Using the DISPLAY Program to View and Translate Neutral Graphics
Files (p. 298) in the Basic Analysis Guide.

20.2. Changing the Default File Name

When you activate the ANSYS program, you can change the default jobname from file or FILE to a
name that is more meaningful. To do so, activate the program as follows:

ansys150 -j newjobname

The value -j (or -J) is an option indicating that a new jobname,newjobname, follows. Once this
command executes, all ANSYS files produced during this run will have a filename of newjobname.ext.

Note

If an ANSYS job is running in the background,do not execute the ANSYS program interactively

in the same directory unless you use a different jobname.

ANSYS can process blanks in file and directory names. Be sure the file name is enclosed in a pair of
single quotes if a blank appears in the file name.

20.3. Sending Output to Screens, Files, or Both

One of the files commonly referred to throughout the ANSYS documentation set is the output file
(Jobname.OUT). If you are running on a Linux system and you want to send ANSYS output only to
the screen, open the launcher via the launcher150 command. Then select the Preferences tab and
select Screen Only for the Send Output To option.The output "file" will be your ANSYS output window.
If you choose Screen and File, then an actual text file called Jobname.OUT will also be written in your
current working directory.

Note

When you launch ANSYS from the launcher and direct output to both screen and file, ANSYS

will not immediately display output in the output window. The I/O buffer must be filled or

flushed first. Err ors and warnings will flush the I/O buffer. You can also issue certain commands

(e.g.,/OUTPUT,NLIST, or KLIST) to force flush the I/O buffer.

Windows systems do not support the Screen and File option.The default behavior is to print output
to the output window. You can redirect your text output to a file by using the /OUTPUT command.

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