Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 242

Chapter 10 / EDLIN Command Reference
Page (P)
[line
1][,
line2]
P
Pages through a file 23 lines at a time or lists the specified
block of lines.
Notes
• You may omit the linel parameter, as in ,line2P
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ENTER ,.
If you do, EDLIN uses the current line number plus 1, unless
the current line is Line
1.
The comma is required to indicate
that you omitted the linel parameter.
• You may omit the line2 parameter, as in ,linelP
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ENTER
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If you
do, EDLIN lists 23 lines.
• The last line displayed becomes the current line. This com-
mand differs from the List command in that the Page com-
mand changes the current line to the last line displayed.
Example
To display Lines 10-15, type:
1 '" , 1 5 P
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ENTER
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To display Lines 20-42, type:
2'" P
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ENTER
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EDLIN displays the specified line (Line 20) and the next 22
lines. LIne 42 becomes the current line.
Then, to display Lines 43-65, type:
P
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ENTER
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EDLIN displays the current line plus 1 (Line 43) and the next 22
lines. Line 65 becomes the current line.
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