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Has anything like this ever been done before?

#127
From: 92adams
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:12
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Hello tpu.gurus!

	I've got a series of things that I would like Eve/TPU to do for me.
From everything that I have read and/or seen, TPU can do it for me.  What I'd
like to know is has someone else ever written something like this?  If not,
then where and at what should I start with in the TPU manual?

	I'd like it to do:

  1)  Run a DCL command file, and capture the output into another buffer.

	Yes, I know that can be done with DCL etc.., but I wanted a more
'elegant' solution to it.  I'd like it all automatic.  Minimal user effort
required.

  2)  Have it look for the 'From:' line in a message, extract the persons
name/address and put it into a format like '*Name/Addr just extracted* wrote:'

	Basically a 'poor mans newsreader.'

  	That's all the 'wants' that I have at the moment.  ;-)  If no such
animals exist now, can someone tell me where I'd need to start at?  (Yes, I am
a TPU newbie :)

	Thanks for any help/ideas in advance!


                                         Erek Adams

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