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MOVE Command

EDIT Command Summary

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line

is all the characters that have the same line number.

BY

specifies the numbering increment of the line numbers assigned to the
moved text. If you omit BY, EDIT chooses the increment (either 1, .1,
.01, or .001). EDIT chooses the increment that has the same number of
digits as the fractional part in the

line

variable or is less than the

difference between the destination line number and the next existing
line number.

incr

is a number from .001 through 10.

Examples

1.

The command:

*MOVE 20/50.1 TO LAST

*

moves the text on line numbers 20 through 50.1 to the end of the file.
Line numbers 20 through 50.1 disappear.

2.

The following command copies the text on line numbers 100 through
110, then moves a copy of the text starting at line number 20, line
number 200, and line number 310. Line numbers 100 through 110
remain in the file.

*MOVE COPY 100/110 TO 20, 200, 310

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