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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 09:45:52 IST
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- From: "Itamar Even-Zohar, Porter Chair of Semiotics" <B10@TAUNIVM>
- Subject: Re: ca + wildcards and other tricks
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 20 Jul 92 17:43:41 EDT from <NASSH100@SIVM>
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- The trouble with the regular FIND command is that if you wish
- to check ALL of the files, using the CALL command which appears
- on the command line, you lose the rest of the list, and must
- run FIND again. To solve this problem, I have written an XPL
- pgm which uses the FIND command, but instead of calling it
- to DIR, it inserts the filenames to a temporary file, allowing
- you, if you use another customized XPL pgm, to hit a key
- and get the file in an alternative window, then return
- to the list of files and go on checking. This is much more
- practical than FIND alone. In addition, my find pgm allows
- looking for more than one single filespec (i.e., you can type
- FIND *.BAK *.TMP). FIND.RN can be found in NEWUTILS, and as
- a subprogram in XC (in which case you must type RUN XC FIND xxxx).
-
- The files can be called to screen from a list rather than from
- DIR, if you customized your keyboard to use one of my pgms
- which simply puts the line on the command line with a preceding
- CALL. If you haven't done that, you can anyway define the line,
- then use ALT-F6 to put it on the command line, then put
- "call" in front, then go to alternative window. This is,
- of course, a clumsy way, but better than running FIND again.
-
- -Itamar Even-Zohar
-