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1-2. EDIT/3000 FEATURES
With EDIT/3000, it is possible to
* Create and build a new file (called a WORK file) by entering commands
and lines of text from the standard input device, or text can be
entered from special disc files called the HOLD file and JOIN file.
* Copy the WORK file contents into a permanent file called the TEXT
file.
* Call the TEXT file contents back into the WORK file for further
additions and/or editing.
* Change all occurrences of a character string in the WORK file to
another character string with one command.
* Delete characters and lines from the WORK file.
* Locate a string in the WORK file.
* Move and renumber portions of text from one location to another in
the WORK file.
* Copy text from the WORK file into a HOLD file.
* Insert text into the WORK file from the standard input device or from
the HOLD file.
* Add or insert all or a portion of an external file (called the JOIN
file) to the WORK file.
* Display all or any portion of the WORK file on the standard output
device or write it to any other specified file.
* Modify lines in the WORK file.
* Replace characters, strings of characters, or lines in the WORK file.
* Call external, user-written procedures to process text in the WORK
file.
* Execute pre-stored EDIT/3000 commands from a user file (called a USE
file).
* Use advanced commands to provide Boolean logic for conditional and
repetitive editing.