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\126 MS-DOS User's Reference
Starting Edlin
Creating a new file
with Edlin
Editing
an existing
file with Edlin
How to Start Edlin
. To start edlin, you simply type the word edlin followed by a
filename. If you are creating a new file, filename should be the
name or pathname of the file you wish to create. If edlin does
not find this file on the default disk drive, it creates a new file
with the name or pathname that you specify. For example, if you
want to create a file called budget.jun, you would type the follow-
ing
command and then press the RETURN key:
edlin budget.jun
Edlin would then display the following:
New file
*
Note that the edlin prompt is an asterisk (. ).
To begin entering text you must type an I (insert) command
to insert lines. The I command is discussed later in this chapter.
For
now you can type lines of text into your file, or use any of the
edlin commands. These are discussed in more detail in Chapter 7,.
"Edlin Commands."
Note Be sure to press the RETURN key at the end of each line.
Suppose you
want to edit an existing file called budget. may.
To do this you would type the following:
edlin budget_may
Then, when edlin finds the budget. may file, it loads it into
memory.
If your computer has enough memory to load the entire
file, edlin displays the following message:
End of input file
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You can then edit the file by using edlin commands.
If the file is too large to be loaded into memory, edlin loads lines
from
the file until memory is 3/4 full, and displays the asterisk ( • )
prompt. You
can then edit the portion of the file that is in
memory.
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