Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 22

Chapter 2 / Organization Of Inforrrw,tion
The screen shows:
New file
•
The asterisk indicates that EDLIN is ready for you to enter a
command. To enter the insert mode, type:
i (ENTER
I
The screen shows the line number followed by a colon and an
asterisk. EDLIN places each line you create into the text file
until you type ill] [
ENTER
I
or [
CTRL
I
lIJ [
ENTER I
to end the file. You do
not type line numbers; they are entered automatically by
EDLIN.
To create a file, type:
1 :*This is my test file.[ENTERI
2:*lt shows the use of directories.[ENTERJ
3 :
ill] [
ENTER
I
After you type ill]
I
ENTER
I,
EDLIN displays the asterisk to indi-
cate it's ready for another command. To exit EDLIN and return
to MS-DOS, type:
e [ ENTER
I
The screen displays the system prompt again. Use the DIR com-
mand, which lists the files in a directory:
d i r b: \ [ENTER J
The listing now indicates the existence of the new file:
Volume in
Directory
FILE1 TST
1 File(s)
drive
B
has no label
of
B:\
58 8-24-86
9:~7a
nnnnnn bytes free
The number of free bytes available in your computer's memory is
represented as
nnnnnn.
Your directory listings may differ from
those shown in this manual.
You can use the TYPE command to display the text stored in the
file:
t YPe b: \ f i 1e 1 . t s t [ENTER J
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