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You are looking at a command called locate

locate {object}

Search cow for a specific object.

If there are more than one you will be told how many and presented with a list of each. click on the one in particular to find it.

Here is an example of finding multiple things:
locate the mouse

Here is an example of finding one unique object:
locate the player called wolis

Locate assumes your mainly interested in players or named objects so find wolis tries to find all objects named or called 'wolis' before finding objects with 'wolis' in their 'class' or name.

read the command called find which has no preference for named objects.

You only get the first 50 objects do dont get worried if you locate exit and only see 50 of them.

read the command called list for other fun lists of objects in cow

Created by wolis, last updated 03 Jan 2007

Code

get $target;
var $click_cmd to "examine";
if $target > 0 then chkpose else fail;
##chkpose:
if $target's pose like "hid" then fail else itshere;
##itshere:
var $dest to $target's loc;
if $cmd_text > 0 then describeit1 else describeit2;

##describeit1:
say 'msg',"[$actor] locates [$target] in [$dest]";

##describeit2:
say 'msg',"[$actor] searchs for '$cmd_text' and finds [$target] in [$dest]";

rem look $loc;
##fail:
var $target to 0;
rem $obj_name;
var $click_cmd to "examine";
if $fcount > 0 then saysome else saynone;
##saysome:
say 'msg',"[$actor] searches for '$cmd_text' and realises there are $fcount of them";
##saynone:
say 'msg',"[$actor] wonders where something is but has no idea";