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Command Reference
Almost instantly
the
prompt reappears to indicate
that
the
com-
mand was executed.
If
you
wish to see the result, type L I
ENTER
I.
The screen shows:
1:
Thi5
5ample
file
2:
5how5
what
happen5
3:
when
you
U5e
4:
the
Copy command
5:
to
copy
text
in
your
file.
6:*
Thi5
5ample
file
7:
5how5
what
happen5
8:
when
you
U5e
9:
the
Copy command
10:
to
copy
text
in
your
file.
Notice
that
the
first line copied becomes the current line.
If
you want to
insert
lines between other lines, use line3 to spec-
ify the line before which
you
want
the
text copied. For example,
assume
that
you want to
insert
Lines 5-8 before Line 3
in
the
following file:
1:
Thi5
5ample
file
2:
5how5
what
happen5
3:
when
you
U5e
the
Copy command
4:
to
copy
text
in
your
file.
5:
If
you
50
cho05e,
6:
you
may
a150
in5ert
7:
a
group
of
line5
withln
8:
other
part5
of
the
file.
9:
The
copy
command
10:
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ver5atile.
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