Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 110

Chapter 6 / Command Reference '
Notes and Suggestions
• Using FIND with the IN parameter, you can determine which
lines contain the specified string. Then, knowing the line
numbers, you can easily enter the EDLIN Edit Line command
and change every occurrence of the string. (See Part 3,)
• Suppose one of your suppliers, Johnson Auto Parts, buys out
another, Samuel Parts. You need to change all occurrences of
Samuel Parts to Johnson Auto Parts, in your
B: \ USER \ Invntory.dat file. To find the line number of each
occurrence, type:
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find In "samuel parts" b:\user\invntory.dat
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MS-DOS might display a list like this:
[1lspark plugs
[5ldistributor caps
[9l14" rad hose
(2" dia.>
200 6-16-83 Samuel Parts
50 6-16-83 Samuel Parts
25 6-16-83 Samuel Parts
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Now you can use EDLIN to edit Lines 1, 5, and 9 as needed.
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Examples
find Ie
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b:\user\profits.dat
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displays the number of times a negative sign occurs in
B: \ USER \Profits.dat. In this way, you can see at a glance how
many negative numbers you have in the file. (Notice the space
after the negative sign. This is included so MS-DOS does not
find hyphenated words.)
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dir b:1 find
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"dat"
displays all names of the files in the home directory of the disk
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in Drive B that do not contain the string DAT.
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