Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 230

Chapter 10 /
EDLIN
Command Reference
Examples:
Assume that the following file exists and is ready to be edited.
Line 30 is the current line:
1: This sample file
2: shows how
3: the Delete command functions.
4: All that is requlred
5: ln most cases
26: is to specify
27: a number of lines
28: to be deleted;
29: deleting can often help
30:*to clean up your files.
Type:
5,25D
[ENTERI
The result is:
1: Thls sample file
2: shows how
3: the Delete command functions.
4: All that is required
5:*is to specify
6: a number of lines
7: to be deleted;
8: deleting can often help
9: to clean up your files.
To delete line 4 in the above file, type:
4D
I
ENTER
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