Tandy 1000 MS-DOS User Manual

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Chapter 9
EDITING FILES
The techniques for editing command lines also apply to editing
files.
In addition, there are several other special features avail-
able
for creating, changing, and manipulating blocks of text.
Files created
with EDLIN are divided into lines of a maximum
of 254 characters. During editing, EDLIN generates and displays
a number
for each line. If you insert or delete lines, it automati-
cally renumbers any following lines to maintain consecutive
numbering. The line numbers are only to aid in editing; they
are not actually in the file.
Creating a File
You can create your own file with EDLIN by typing:
edll n pa thname I ENTER I
where pathname refers to either an existing file (that you wish
to edit) or one
that you wish to create. In this case, create a
sample file
for editing by typing:
edlin sampfile [ENTER I
Note: If you wish to have the file reside in.a directory
other
than the home directory, you would give a path-
name to the desired directory. This command, for
example, tells EDLIN to create the file
in the current
directory of Drive B:
edlin b: sampfl1e I ENTER I
In either case, EDLIN displays the message and prompt:
New fl1e
*
to indicate it has created the sample file. You are now in the
EDLIN command mode and can enter any of the commands out-
lined
in Chapter 10.
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Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Specifications

General

Brand	Tandy
Model	1000 MS-DOS
Category	Desktop
Language	English