Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 202

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F2 F2
Purpose:
Copies multiple characters up to a given character.
Comments:
When you press the F2 key, edlin copies all the characters, up to
a given character, from the template to the current line. The given
character is the one that you type immediately after F2. Edlin
does not copy or display the given character on the screen, but it
does copy and display the characters from the template up to the
position of that character. Of course, if the template does not con-
tain the character, edlin does not copy anything.
If you use the F2 key, you automatically turn off insert mode.
Example:
As an example of how to use the F2 key with edlin, type the
following line:
1:*Sharpe Office Supplies.
Remember that at the beginning of the editing session, the cursor
(shown by the underline) is at the beginning of the line. When
you press the F2 key followed by the letter c, edlin copies the
characters up to the c in the word Office.
F2 C [)
2:*Sharpe Offi_ Vw/
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