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- STRIP-IT, version 1.1 is a file stripping utility by InsaniSoft, Inc.
-
- What it does:
- Strip-it is a little utility that will strip a number of characters off the
- left or right columns of a file. You can run this program either by batch or
- from the command line. To run from the command line, type STRP-IT and answer the
- questions.
-
- The proper syntax for batch files is: "-XNN (dr)(path)Filename.ext" where
- X is "L"eft or "R"ight.
- NN is the number of characters to be stripped. If "0" or no parameters are
- entered, STRIP-IT will remove blank lines only. You cannot use negative numbers.
- dr and path are the optional drive and path.
- Filename.ext is, of course, the filename.
- EXAMPLE: STRP-IT -L12 D:\TEMP\FOO.BAR strips 12 characters from the left of
- the file FOO.BAR on D drive in the TEMP subdirectory.
-
- STRIP-IT renames the changed file as the original and saves the original with
- the extension .SAV.
-
- NOTES:
- If a line in a file contains less than the number of characters requested,
- or is blank, STRIP-IT will remove that line from the output file.
-
- STRIP-IT creates a file called STRP-ERR that will either say that it processed
- the file, or will contain an error message if something went wrong.
-
- If you run the program from batch, make sure you rename or move the .SAV and
- the created file or else STRIP-IT will try to process it again and will error
- out when it saves the original file (it uses a renaming process to save the
- original and to substitute to process file).
-
- STRIP-IT doesn't care about the original file size. It processes one line at a
- time. You can figure that it will take 10 times as long to run a 100k file as
- it does a 10k file.
-
- Some suggested uses for this file:
- 1. If you pipe a directory into a file, you can use STRIP-IT to remove the
- date/time stamp and/or file size. You can then use the resulting file as
- input for another program.
- 2. If you have a BBS that makes a log file, you can use STRIP-IT to remove the
- beginning characters. For example if your log looks like this:
- > RA 00:12 Joe Blow logged on
- > RA 00:14 Joe Blow shelled to ...
- > RA 00:17 Joe Blow logged off
-
- > RA 01:22 Joe Blow logged on
- > RA 01:35 Joe Blow downloaded....
-
- You can make it look like this:
-
- Joe Blow logged on
- Joe Blow shelled to ...
- Joe Blow logged off
- Joe Blow logged on
- Joe Blow downloaded....
-
- Then you can use a duplicate line deleter and have a file that shows the user
- activity without all the spaces, and duplicate messages.
-
-
- COPYRIGHT 1990 BY INSANISYS SOFTWARE. THIS PROGRAM IS DISTRUBUTED WITHOUT
- ANY CHARGE, WARRANTIES, OR RESPONSIBITIES. RUN AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- IF YOU FIND THIS PROGRAM USEFUL, PLEASE SEND A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THE AUTHOR.
-
- IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, OR IF YOU FIND ANY BUGS, LET
- ME KNOW, I WILL USE EITHER TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAMS.
-
- PATRICK JADERBORG
- 212 NELLIS DRIVE
- GOLDSBORO, NC, 27534
-
- I can also be reached on Zero's Palace BBS 1:151/804
- (919)-735-0342