MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90882)

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Utilities Quick Reference

EDIT/3000

Syntax

EDITOR

Operation

Use EDIT/3000 to create and update ASCII ﬁles. The Editor commands allow you to insert,

delete, replace, modify, search for, and manipulate characters, strings of characters, or

entire lines of characters.

You can run EDIT/3000 in batch mode or interactively.

In an interactive session, you enter commands and text through an interactive terminal.

Messages and other output (such as prompt characters) from EDIT/3000 are listed on the

terminal.

In batch mode, commands and text are supplied through a batch input medium such as a

jobstream or magnetic tape. Messages and output are listed on the standard output device,

usually a line printer.

Additional Discussion

For more information EDIT/3000 refer to Chapter 7 , “EDIT/3000,” and to the EDIT/3000

Reference Manual.