Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 232

Chapter 10 / EDLIN Command Reference
Edit Line (line)
~
[line]
Lets you load the specified line for editing.
EDLIN displays the specified line and - on the next line - the
line's number (without text) to indicate the line is ready for
editing. You can then use the editing keys, control keys; and the
EDLIN commands.
Notes
• If you omit the line (you only press I
ENTER
I),
EDLIN loads the
line that immediately follows the current line.
• If you don't need to change the line, and the cursor is at the
beginning or end of the line, press
I
ENTER
I
to accept the line as
is.
• If you press
I
ENTER
I
while the cursor is in the middle of a line,
EDLIN erases the rest of the line.
• Finally, if you wish to cancel any changes made to a line,
press
I
ESC ,.
Example
Assume the following file exists and you wish to edit Line 4:
1: This is a sample file.
2: used to show
3: the editing of line
4:*four.
Type
4
I
ENTER
I
at the EDLIN prompt. The screen looks like this:
4: *four
4:
216
:
,
,
,
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