Commodore PC 40 - Page 286

1148 MS-DOS User's Reference
Closing up empty
space in a file
The result of this command is:
1: Dear Mr. Dimm,
2:
3:
4 :
5 :
6:
7 :
8:
9:
I was sorry to hear of your recent
hospitalization due to electrical
shock from our X-1000 Automatic
Pencil Sharpener.
1 0 :
11 :
12 :
As a result of your accident,
are redesigning our manual
to warn our customers against
to sharpen metal objects.
13: Sincerely,
14:
15:*I.R. Sharpe, President
we
trying
To close up the space you might decide to delete line 7.
You could just type the command 7d. The result would be:
1: Dear Mr. Dimm,
2 :
3: I was sorry to hear of your recent
4: hospitalization due to electrical
5: shock from our X-1000 Automatic
6: Pencil Sharpener.
7:*As a result of your accident, we
8: are redesigning our manual
9: to warn our customers against trying
10: to sharpen metal objects.
11 :
12: Sincerely,
13 :
14: I.R. Sharpe, President
Suppose, though, that you just want a quick message that doesn't
take responsibility for the accident. To delete a range of lines
beginning
with the current line, line 7, through line 11, type the
following:
,1"1 d