The following table summarizes the most frequently used polmap commands. More detailed information is given by the online help command HELP.
| Command | Arguments | Description |
| Plotting
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| DEV | device [nx] [ny] | Initializes GKS graphics device |
| TRIPLOT | error [entry] ... | Plots pol. spectrum in triplot form |
| QUPLOT | error | Plots pol. spectrum in space |
| LROT | Changes the line style for each plot | |
| FONT | type | Changes the font style |
| Reading and writing
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| RDALAS,WRALAS | filename | Reads/writes current pol. spectrum (ascii format) |
| RDTSP,WRTSP | filename | Reads/writes current pol. spectrum (TSP format) |
| RDSTK,WRSTK | filename | Reads/writes stack in NDF format |
| Stack
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| PUT | Puts current pol. spectrum onto stack | |
| GET | entry | Gets stack number entry |
| LIST | List stack entries | |
| DEL | entry [entry] ... | Deletes stack entry |
| Rectification
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| CONTDEF | [wstart] [wend] | Defines continuum bins |
| CONTFIT | order entry | Fits a polynomial to a pol. spectrum |
| IDIV | entry | Divides current Stokes array into entry |
| PA calibration
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| ROTPA | angle | Rotates PA of polarization spectrum |
| FITPA | pa ncoeff | Fits polynomial to PA |
| PACALIB | Applies polynomial fit | |
| Miscellaneous
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| MERGE | entry | Merges current pol. spectrum with stack entry. |
| HELP | command | Gives online help for command |
| PTHETA | Measures polarization in continuum bins | |
| TOV | wavelength | Converts to velocity space |
| TOW | wavelength | Converts to wavelength space |