Re: What is the best way to write this small program.

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From: John Savage
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:00

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ardee@ix.netcom.com(i+1 ) writes:
>I need to write a program that will take an input file and do the
>following things to it:
>
>1) paste a control character at the beginning of the file to cause it
>to print in landscape mode and....
>
>2) Replace any 1's that are on a line by themselves with a formfeed
>character.

Provided the file is a text file (all chars < 128 ASCII) then you could
use the Un*x style stream editor to perform the editing tasks:

sed -e '1s/^/*/' -e 's/^1$/*/' <$1 >>tmp.prn
type tmp.prn>lpt1

Note: replace the asterisks with your desired control characters < 128

ftp ftp cdrom.com /pub/simtel/vendors/gnu/gnuish/
gsed-203.zip  B  164015  931219  GNU stream editor version 2.03. Src included

ftp ftp.cdrom.com /pub/simtel/msdos/textutil/
sed15x.zip    B   21163  911015  Unix-compatible streaming editor v1.5 EXE/docs
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John Savage               koala@sydney.dialix.com.au

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From: John Savage <koala@sydney.dialix.com.au>
Subject: Re: What is the best way to write this small program.
Date: 1996/03/10
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