HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 22)

Capabilities of the EDIT Program
Introduction to EDIT
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Then, at a later time, you can use EDIT to change these lines to:
The codfish lays ten thousand eggs.
The homely hen lays one.
The codfish never cackles
To tell you what she's done.
And so we scorn the codfish,
While the humble hen we prize,
Which only goes to show you
That it pays to advertise.
Capabilities of the
EDIT Program
EDIT makes it easy for you to:
Create the EDIT file that will contain your document
Add text to and delete text from the EDIT file
Correct typing errors
Read through the text in the EDIT file
Modify text in your file
Move text from one place to another in your file
Break, lengthen, and shorten lines
Insert text from another document into your file
Copy your text into another EDIT file
Renumber part or all of the lines in your file
Search for a specific text string
Start TEDIT
Make global changes to the text
View a listing of your files
The EDIT program comprises two editors, a line editor (EDIT) and a screen
editor (EDIT VS, for virtual screen). The emphasis of this manual is on
EDIT, which is described in Sections 1 through 6. If you want to learn more
about EDIT VS, refer to the information in Appendix C.