Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 247

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Chapter 10 / EDLIN Command Reference
• Begin the search string immediately after the S in the com-
mand line. End it by pressing
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Any spaces you include
are considered part of the search string.
• In multiple line commands, terminate the string with
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instead of
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You may then follow the string with
another command, in the next character position.
Examples
Assume that the following file exists and is ready to be edited.
Line 5 is the current line.
1: This sample file
2: shows how the Search command functions
3: to locate and point out
4: a specified string
5:*in a range of lines
6: of your file.
7: The Search command
8: may include the optional parameter? and
9: 2 line parameters for the range.
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You the n t y pet hest r i ng and pre s s
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To search for the first occurrence of the string and, type:
1 , 1
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The screen shows:
2: shows how the Search command functions
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because the string and is part of the word command, Line 2 then
becomes the current line.
This is probably not the and you are looking for. To find the next
occurrence of and, at the EDLIN prompt, type:
S
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