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From: buchholz@noao.edu (Nick Buchholz)
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Subject: Re: Using EDLIN to insert ^C in a file (???)
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.145649.10912@noao.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 91 14:56:49 GMT
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From article <1991Jun10.213629.1591@unlinfo.unl.edu>, by khawand@hoss.unl.edu (Nancy Khawand):
> Using EDLIN, how can I insert the ^C character into a file?  
> Right now it simply terminates the edit.
> --
> Nancy Khawand				Internet: khawand@hoss.unl.edu
> University of Nebraska - Lincoln        Phone   : (402) 472-5663
> Computing Resource Center               FAX     : (402) 472-5280


try getting into insert mode and typeing 003 while holding down the alt key
This enters the ascii character 3 (^C) into the file.


Nick C Buchholz
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