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RE: [ECS] EDM help A.J. Griglak Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:00:29 -0500

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Thanks, Mark!  I got it working.  Just a FYI for anyone else doing this:
You also need to remove all leading spaces, otherwise you won't delete lines
that are full of spaces...

    IT/
    C/''??
    A/'??
    0FD/ ????
    CA/'??


Mark, I'm really trying to understand all the intricacies of EDM, could you
explain what the ' character does in the two lines
     A/'??
     CA/'??
I couldn't find any reference to this in the docs.

And, does the '' in
     C/''??
mean to put it at the beginning of the line?

Also, what does the zero do in
     0FD/ ????
According to the docs, the 0 is an Execution Count, meaning to execute the
FD command 0 times?????

TIA,
-=A.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 8:00 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] EDM help


This is one way ("??" is a string which we assume
does NOT exist in the file):
	C/''??
	A/'??
	0FD/ ????
	CA/'??

Regarding "dynamic" file names, you would need to create
the desired command as a line in the buffer, and then
execute it via the "EX" command. So if you changed a line
holding "12/07/00" to "W10 120700.TXT", and then entered
"EX" (when positioned on that line), EDM would write 10
lines to that file (but it WOULD contain the write command
itself - no way around that).
NOTE: I just noticed that "EX" is not listed in EDM_HLP.TXT
(I have now corrected this).
--
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


"A.J. Griglak" wrote:
>
> How do you remove all blank lines from a text file?
>
> Also, is there anyway to write filenames based on what is in the text
file?
> For example:
>
> Text line 1......
> 12/07/00
> Text line 3......
> --
> Text line A......
> 12/12/00
> Text line C......
>
> Would make two files:
>
> (1) 1207000.txt,  consisting of:
> Text line 1.....
> Text line 3.....
>
> and
>
> (2) 121200.txt, consisting of:
> Text line A.....
> Text line C.....
>
> -=A.J.

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