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Editing Text Files
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Editing Text Files
The commands in the Edit sub-menu (also called the Text Buffer or Edit Buffer) are used to
create new text files and to modify existing text files. To enter the edit sub-menu, enter
edit
at the system prompt.
If verbose mode is enabled, the following list of commands will be displayed automatically.
If verbose mode is disabled, press the question mark (
?
) to display the following list of
commands. (For information on enabling verbose mode, refer to the
uic
command descrip-
tion in Chapter 4, “The User Interface.”)
Command
Edit Menu
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ab
Append line(s) to the buffer
cb
Clear the buffer
db
Delete line from the buffer
eb
Edit a buffer line
ib
Insert buffer line
lb
List contents of the buffer
nb
Name file for buffer
rb
Read file into buffer
wb
Write buffer to file
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The Edit sub-menu commands are outlined in the following sections. You can edit up to 100
lines of text. Each line of text can be up to 97 characters long.
♦ Note ♦
When you edit text files, you will normally use several
of the Edit sub-menu commands to produce the results
you want. SeeReal-World Example 1 on page 7-11 or
Real-World Example 2 on page 7-12 for examples of
how to use multiple commands from the Edit sub-
menu.
Clearing the Text Buffer
You can use the
cb
command to clear the Edit buffer’s memory so you can create a new text
file. To use the
cb
command, enter
cb
at the system prompt.