miriad% inp smalodMiriad will show the parameters of the task along with the values, if any, previously set. If the first time Miriad is run, then no values are assigned to the parameters, for exmaple:
Task: smalod in = out = rxif = restfreq = options = rsnchan = sideband = nfiles = nscans =
and will replace the miriad% prompt with a task prompt
smalod%