HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 137)

GET Command
EDIT Command Summary
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GET Command The GET command is a versatile command that can do all of the following:
Specify an EDIT file and make it the current file for editing. (See
“Making an EDIT File the Current File for Editing,” following.)
Select all or part of an existing EDIT file, create a new file containing the
selected part, and make the new file the current file for editing. (See
“Using an Existing File to Create a New Current File,” following.)
Specify all or part of an existing EDIT file for addition to the current
file—with or without renumbering and with or without replacing
duplicate lines (as indicated by their line numbers). (See “Adding All or
Part of an EDIT File to the Current File,” following.)
Specify all or part of a text file on a nondisk device or in a non-EDIT-
format disk file, create a new EDIT file containing the selected part, and
make that the current file for editing. (See “Using GET With a Nondisk
Device or Non-EDIT-Format File,” following.)
Specify all or part of a text file on a nondisk device or in a non-EDIT-
format disk file for addition to the current file. (See “Adding Text From
a Nondisk Device or Non-EDIT-Format Disk File,” following.)
What to Enter The syntax of the GET command to specify an EDIT file and make it the
current file for editing is:
GET filename1 [ { READ } ]
[ { ! } ]