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Re: [ECS] EDM help Mark Gilmore Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:15:59 -0500

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Hi A.J.,
Please refer to EDM_HLP.TXT.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


"A.J. Griglak" wrote:
> 
> 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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