On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:23:06 -0000, Ben A L Jemmett wrote:
>> Precisely. There is *no* benefit from knowing edlin.
> *snort* It's very useful for batch programming, you know... You can use it
> to carry out random operations on a text file in batch mode, like DEBUG, so
> for instance can create self-modifying batch files or batch files that can
> EDLIN is to DOS what vi, awk, sed etc. are to Unices, but with less style.
To misrepresent, misconstrue, and otherwise unwisely edit an old Forth
saying:
When you've seen one editor, you've seen one editor.
...'course the saying existed before Forth, too, but =P
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