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TEXT, version 2.0, written by Walter Kennamer 74025,514.
Alters the text within a file as specified in the command line.
USAGE: TEXT -args input output
where 'args' are any combination of the following:
f - TEXT acts as a filter
d - delete all white space
l - delete all leading white space on each line
t - delete all trailing white space on each line
r - reduce all white space to a single blank space
u - convert to upper case
s - convert to lower case
q - do not alter text within single or double quotes
Examples
1) TEXT -tlu input output
deletes all leading and trailing white space and converts to upper case.
If the ouptut file already exists, it will be overwritten.
2) TEXT -fts <input >output
instructs the program to work as a filter deleting trailing white space
and converting to lower case.
Notes
Arguments may be entered in upper or lower case.
Unidentified arguments are ignored.
Instructions are processed in the order listed above, except that 'q'
(quote) affects all other instructions.
At least one argument (in addition to 'f') must always be entered.
Filters
If the -f argument is entered, TEXT will act as a filter, taking its
input from stdin and writing its output to stdout. You will normally want
to redirect keyboard and console input and output when you select this
option. For example,
TEXT -fr <input >output
compresses all white space to a single space, writing to 'output.' The
redirection symbols ( '<' and '>' ) are important. If you do not include
them before your filenames, TEXT will display an error message. See your
DOS manual if you are not familiar with filters.
If you use TEXT as a filter, the input file must terminate with a
<ctrl>Z or TEXT will wait a very long time looking for one. Output
is guaranteed to terminate with a <ctrl>Z. If you are not sure that
your input file terminates with a <ctrl>Z, use the MARKEOF program to
be safe.
trl>Z.