Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 241

Chapter 10 /
EDLIN
Command Reference
Move Lines (M)
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[linel][,line2],line3M
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Moves all lines within the range line1 to line2 to a position
immediately preceding line3. linel becomes the current line.
Use the Move command to move a block of lines from one place
in the file to another.
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Notes
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• If you omit the line1 parameter or the line2 parameter,
EDLIN uses the current line.
• EDLIN renumbers the lines according to the direction of the
move. For example:
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25, 1 0 0M
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ENTER
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moves the text from the current line
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25 to Line 100. If the
line numbers overlap, EDLIN displays the message
Entry error
Example
To move Lines 20-30 to Line 100, type:
20 , 30 , 1 0 0 M [ ENTER
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