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  2.         GrepEdit by Joe McVerry
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  7.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    #       $                GrepEdit by Joe McVerry       
  8.         Copyright 1991 JOE MCVERRY Raleigh NC USA       
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  12.         This software package is supplied AS IS. I, Joe McVerry,       
  13.         do not warrant that the functions contained in       
  14.         this program meet any specific requirements or that       
  15.         they are error free. In no event will I, Joe McVerry,       
  16.         be liable for any damages arising from the use of this       
  17.         program. The user assumes sole and complete responsibility       
  18.         for its use.       
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  22.         This program is being distributed under the concept       
  23.         of SHAREWARE. If you find yourself using it you       
  24.         should register your copy.       
  25.         To register for the next release        
  26.            send $25.00 to:       
  27.              Joe McVerry       
  28.              8004 Selfridge Court       
  29.              Raleigh, NC  27615       
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  31.         To get OS/2 C source code and register        
  32.            send $54.00 and formatted floppy to:       
  33.              Joe McVerry       
  34.              8004 Selfridge Court       
  35.              Raleigh, NC  27615       
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  38.          format: grepedit.EXE: [/i /v /l filename>[,<filename>,...]       
  39.          You will be prompted for search and replace strings.       
  40.          You can use wild cards for filenames.       
  41.          Program limited to files less than 65300 bytes in length.       
  42.          Option l - shows line-column and byte location of changes.       
  43.                 v - verify. Prompts you to complete a change.       
  44.                 i - shows how to register and get source code       
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  47.       The program will prompt you for your search and replacment string.  
  48.       If you enter search string and there is no data then the program will  
  49.       display the following message:
  50.                      No input data entered       
  51.       and exit with a return code of 10.
  52.       After both search and replacement strings have been entered and verified
  53.       the program will ask if you want to continue.  Press Y to continue or N  
  54.       to exit the program.
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  57.       Upon program completion you will get one of two messages.  The first 
  58.       message is if any files you specified were changed. The message format is:
  59.             total changes = x, files changed = y, files not changed = z
  60.           where x is the total number of changes made in all files,
  61.              y is the number of files changed,
  62.              z is the number of file not changed.
  63.        The second message, which is self explanatory, is:
  64.             String not found.  No files changed.       
  65.               Unknown argument %s. Valid arguments i, l, and v", argv[arg_pos]);
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