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6.6 Advanced ED Commands CP/M 3 User's Guide
6.6.3 Moving Text Blocks
To move a group of lines from one area of your data to another, use an X
command to write the text block into a temporary LIB file, then a K command to
remove these lines from their original location, and finally an R command to read
the block into its new location.
The X (Transfer) Command
The X command takes the forms:
nX
nXfilespec^Z
where n is the number of lines from the CP towards the bottom of the buffer that
are to be transferred to a file. Therefore, n must always be a positive number. The
nX command with no file specified creates a temporary file named X$$$$$$$.LIB.
This file is erased when you terminate the edit session. The nX command with a file
specified creates a file of the specified name. If no filetype is specified, LIB is assumed.
This file is saved when you terminate the edit session. If the X command is not the
last command on the line, the command must be terminated by a CTRL-Z or ESC.
In the following example, just one line is transferred to the temporary file:
1 *X
1: *t
1: *Emily Dickinson said,
1: *kt
1: "I find ecstacy in living -
1: *
If no library file is specified, ED looks for a file named X$$$$$$$.LIB. If the file
does not exist, ED creates it. If a previous X command already created the library
file, ED appends the specified lines to the end of the existing file.
Use the special character 0 as the n argument in an X command to delete any file
from within ED.
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