INSTRUCTIONS FOR "SEARCHIT"


The purpose of this routine is to print out lines of a text file that 
contain a specified string.  It is very useful in listing every 
occurance of a string in a text file.  HINT:  Please note that if you 
enter a very short string such as "A" then you will get a listing of 
EVERY line that contains the letter A.  That could be a lot of lines and 
be useless.  Include in the search string enough of what you are search 
for so as to make the search worthwhile. 

Syntax:
option 1, command line:

You may enter all the needed parameters from the command line.  If you 
do and if the search string contains embedded blanks, then you must 
enclose the string in "'s.  For example: 

                 searchit "now is the time" myfile lpt1

SEARCHIT is the command, "now is the time" is the string for which I 
want to search, MYFILE, is the name of the file I want to search. LPT1 
says I want the output to go to a printer. 

WARNING, WARNING!!!!

WARNING!!!!!!    You may specify the name of ANY file as the output 
file/device. IF YOU USE THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM THAT YOU WISH TO SEARCH 
AS THE 3RD PARAMETER, YOU WILL OVERWRITE YOUR FILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Syntax:

option 2, prompted mode:

If you just enter the command SEARCHIT and press <enter> then the 
program will ask for you each parameter AND YOU SHOULD NOT ENCLOSE the 
search string in quotes UNLESS they are apart of the string for which 
you are searching. 

Copyright 1993, Gary M. Sandow - All rights reserved.

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