Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 198

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How to Start Edlin
Starting Edlin
Creating a new file
with Edlin
To start edlin, you simply type the word edlin followed by a
filename. If you are creating a new file, filename should be the
name or pathname of the file you wish to create. If edlin does
not find this file on the default disk drive, it creates a new file
with the name or pathname that you specify. For example, if you
want to create a file called budget.jun, you would type the follow
ing command and then press the return key:
edlin budget.j un
Edlin would then display the following:
New file
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Note that the edlin prompt is an asterisk (*).
To begin entering text you must type an I (insert) command
to insert lines. The I command is discussed later in this chapter.
For now you can type lines of text into your file, or use any of the
edlin commands. These are discussed in more detail in Chapter 7,
"Edlin Commands."
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Editing an existing
file with Edlin
Note Be sure to press the return key at the end of each line.
Suppose you want to edit an existing file called budget, may.
To do this you would type the following:
edlin budget.may
Then, when edlin finds the budgetmay file, it loads it into
memory. If your computer has enough memory to load the entire
file, edlin displays the following message:
End of input file
You can then edit the file by using edlin commands.
If the file is too large to be loaded into memory, edlin loads lines
from the file until memory is 3/4 full, and displays the asterisk (*)
prompt. You can then edit the portion of the file that is in
memory.
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