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- EDLIN
- A line editor. It can be used to create and edit ascii files.
-
- COMMAND TYPE: External VERSION: 2.0 and up
-
- USE: EDLIN [d:][path] filename [/B]
-
- d: path filename specifies the name of the file to create or edit. If
- the /B parameter is not used, EDLIN will stop loading the specified
- file when the first end of file marker (Ctrl-Z) is encountered. If /B
- is used, the entire file will be loaded. EDLIN creates a file if the
- specified file is not found.
-
- A brief summary of EDLIN commands is given below. See the MSDOS users
- reference manual for full details.
-
- Many commands will allow you to specify line numbers. You may use the
- symbol . in place of the current line number and # in place of the
- line number of the last line in the buffer.
-
- [n]A APPEND loads lines from the disk and places them at the end of the
- input buffer. [n] specifies the number of lines to append to
- the current file.
-
- [n],[n],[n][,count]C COPY copies the contents of a line or range of
- lines to another location. The first two [n]'s specify the
- range of lines to copy. The third [n] specifies the line to
- copy to. [count] specifies the number of times that the copy
- will be performed.
-
- [n][,n]D DELETE deletes a line or range of lines. The [n] parameters
- specify the first and last line to delete.
-
- [n] calls up a line of text for editing.
-
- E EXIT saves the current file and exits EDLIN.
-
- [n]I INSERT inserts lines of text in the current file. [n]
- specifies the line number where the insert will begin.
-
- [n][,n]L LIST displays a line or range of lines. [n][,n] specifies
- the first and last lines to list.
-
- [n],[n],n M MOVE moves a line or range of lines to a specified line.
- The first two [n]'s specify the first and last lines to
- move. The third line number specifies where the text will be
- moved to.
-
- [n][,n] P PAGE allows you to scroll through a file one PAGE (23
- lines) at a time. [n][,n] specifies the first and last
- lines to display.
-
- Q QUIT exits EDLIN without saving the current file.
-
- [n][,n][?] R s1^Zs2 REPLACE replaces all occurrences of a specified
- string with a second string. [n][,n] specify the range of lines
- to perform the REPLACE on. The optional ? will request an
- O.K.? prompt after each replace. s1 specifies the string to
- search for and s2 is the string to replace it with. A control-Z
- separates the two strings.
-
- [n][,n][?] Sstring SEARCH searches for a specified string. [n][,n]
- specify the range of lines to perform the SEARCH on. The
- optional ? will request an O.K.? prompt after each replace.
- string is the string to search for.
-
- [n] Tfile TRANSFER loads the contents of a specified file into the file
- currently being edited. [n] specifies the location where the
- file being TRANSFERred (merged) will be placed. file is the
- file to be TRANSFERred.
-
- [n]W WRITE writes lines to disk from the file currently being edited.
- [n] specifies the number of lines to write to disk. This
- command is used to free up memory.
-