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examine[/<switch>] <object>[/<attribute>]
Displays all available information about <object>. <object> may be an
object, 'me' or 'here'. You must control the object to examine it. If
you do not own the object, or it is not visible, you will just see the
name of the object's owner. May be abbreviated 'ex <object>'. If the
attribute parameter is given, you will only see that attribute (good
for looking at code). You can also wild-card match on attributes. For
example. to see all the attributes that began with a 'v' you could do
ex <object>/v*
Examine takes three switches, "brief" (equivalent to the "brief" command),
"debug", which is a wizard-only switch, and "mortal". "debug" examine
will show the raw values for certain fields in an object. "mortal"
examine will show an object as if you were a mortal and not the object's
owner. It's primarily useful to admins.