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From: kraai4712
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:28

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In article <1993Jan25.134613.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Nick FitzGerald, PC Software Consultant, CSC, UoC, NZ) writes:
> Believe it or not, EDLIN (that most ghastly of DOS "utilities") may be
> the answer to your problem.  Its (sole ?) virtue lies in the fact that
> it reads from stdin, so can be driven by a script file.
> 
> I've never used it in this manner (I've never used full stop, he adds
> proudly  8-) ), but have seen some fiendishly clever batches in PC Mag
> based (in part) on this.

I have.  If an expository is generally desired, I'll post.  Let me know.

--jim

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