Loading An Ascii File Into The Text Buffer; Listing The Contents Of The Text Buffer; Adding Lines Of Text To The Text Buffer - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Editing Text Files

Loading an ASCII File into the Text Buffer

You can use the
Edit buffer's memory. To use this command, enter
For example, to edit the
at the system prompt.

Listing the Contents of the Text Buffer

The command is used to list the contents of the Edit buffer's memory. To use this
command, enter
at the system prompt. If there is something in the buffer, the system will display the contents
numbered from the zero. The following display is a typical example:
If there is nothing in the buffer, nothing will be displayed.

Adding Lines of Text to the Text Buffer

You can use the
the lines you enter are appended at the end of the buffer. For example, if there are 10 lines of
text in the buffer, you will begin entering text at the 11th line. If the buffer is empty, the line
of text you enter will be the first line of text in the buffer.
To add text to the buffer, enter
at the system prompt. A screen similar to the one shown below will be displayed:
Enter your text and press the
the system will prompt you to enter another line of text. If the buffer is full (i.e., there are 100
lines in the text buffer), the following message will be displayed.
To exit the
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command to load—or read—an existing
file, enter
o Loading Binary Files o
You can load a binary file into the Edit buffer but you
will not be able to edit it.
command to manually add lines of text to the Edit sub-menu. Note that
key to add the text to the buffer. If the buffer is not full,
command, type a period (.) and press
file in flash memory to the
ASCII
, followed by the file you wish to edit.
.