Using EDLIN to Create or Modify Files

Abstract

In my article on p. 13 I described one method of building batch files. Since the files were short ones, I used the COPY CON command to copy the text of what I entered at the console to a file. Much of the information, even in these short files, was repetitive. I could also use EDLIN, the text editor that is built into DOS, to create batch files. Or I could use EDLIN to edit existing files (for example, one created with the COPY CON method), eliminating some repetitive typing.

Citation

Martinez, M. (1987), "Using EDLIN to Create or Modify Files", OCLC Micro, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 30-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055833