HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 168)

OBEY Command
EDIT Command Summary
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If you include an OBEY command in an EDIT command line, EDIT
executes all the other commands in the command line before executing
the OBEY file. For example, the following command line:
24> EDIT EXAMPLE; OBEY TABS; SET JOIN 65; NUMBER ALL
Starts EDIT on the file named EXAMPLE
Sets the default join width to 65 characters
Renumbers all line numbers in the file EXAMPLE starting at 1
EDIT executes these three commands first without obeying the file
named TABS. Then, when you press \(key(RETURN)\), EDIT executes
the OBEY TABS command. (Compare this with Example 1, following,
which illustrates each command entered separately.)
You should only include one OBEY command in an EDIT command
line. If you do include more than one, EDIT will only execute the last
OBEY command in the command line. (See Example 3, following.)
Examples 1. If the command file named TABS contains the line:
1 SET TABS 15 30 55
these three commands, typed on separate lines,
25> EDIT EXAMPLE
*OBEY TABS
*SET JOIN 65
start the EDIT program on the file named EXAMPLE, executes the
commands in the file named TABS, and sets the join width to 65,
respectively.