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PUT Command

EDIT Command Summary

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PUT Command

You can use the PUT command for two main purposes:

Making the current file more compact.

Copying all or a portion of the current file into a new EDIT-format file
(keeping the same current file)

What to Enter

The syntax of the PUT command to make the current file more compact is:

PUT !

The syntax of the PUT command for copying all or a portion of the current
file into a new EDIT-format file is:

PUT

filename [!] [ line-range-list | string-range ]

[ RANGE { line-range-list | string-range } ]

filename

is the name of a fully or partially qualified file. If you are copying lines
and

filename

names an existing file, you must specify the ! character.

Specifying

filename

is required if you do not use the ! character. You

may omit

filename

only when you are compressing the current file;

otherwise, EDIT needs to know which

filename

to compress. (For

more information on file names, see “How EDIT Files Are Named” in
Section 6.)

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