Replies to post #40 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

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[gotmilk]

Matt & Bob, I'am still on Windows 3.1 where the DOS Prompt
is alive & well and exists before the windows environment.
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I'am able to run some 32 bit programs using
C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S
and i have no experience on Windows 95 or later
and heard that you can go into a DOS environment
from the Windows, but the person telling me did not
really understand what i was asking. My question
is that i'am able to run a few 32 bit programs using
that above extra software, but can you with the latest
run any Windows 3.1 16 bit executable programs?
I wanted a search program to look into text files,
and found that few did anything much helpful.
This would only be of interest to you and Bob if you
are able to enter a DOS like prompt and access files
without any special characters like in those fancy editors
files that are created. Simple text files that can go straight
to a printer. If so, and if your new Windows can run a program
created for Windows 3.1 (not the WIN32S stuff, but i guess
a backwards version to allow 16 bit to be executed.)
If so then i have a text search program i made that does
a little more than i found available. I could e-mail it to you
as an attached file, as i already did this and it made it ok
when i sent it to another person a few years ago.
Follows are the help displayed on the screen.
Name of program is FIT for find it
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Purpose
Search a file for one or more patterns.
Display the lines that occur just prior and just after
each line containing a pattern.

Usage
fit pattern filename integer[e,l] [on,*] [off]
fit -1 filename integer[e,l] [on,*] [off]
fit -1 filename
fit pattern filename not

Help fit help
Example fit example
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integer
Represents the number of earlier and later lines to display.
These are the lines that occur just prior and just after
each of the lines containing the pattern.
Range for integer is 0 thru 9.

[e,l]
e Only display earlier lines.
l Only display later lines.

[on,*]
on Prefix lines containing pattern with their file line number.
* Prefix lines containing pattern with the * character.
[off] Do not seperate breaks in output with a dashed line.

-1 Be prompted for one or more patterns.
not Display only lines not containing the pattern.

All valid combinations of [e,l] [on,*] [off] are allowed.
4/13/98 dk
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fit alien xfile 7 7 earlier and 7 later
fit alien xfile 7e 7 earlier
fit alien xfile 7l 7 later
fit alien xfile 7 on prefix with line number
fit alien xfile 7 * prefix with * character
fit alien xfile 7 off no show breaks
fit alien xfile 0 off only lines containing pattern
fit alien xfile not only lines not containing pattern
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fit -1 eatfile 7

>cookies The user will be prompted for patterns.
>candy Terminate each pattern with a newline.
>ice cream Do not bracket patterns with quotation marks.
>-end- When all patterns are entered, enter -end-.
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fit -1 eatfile

>pepperoni pizza The complete file will be displayed.
>double anchovies All lines containing pattern will be prefixed
>-end- with the * character.
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