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From: gregg@a.cs.okstate.EDU
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Subject: Re: Is there a 'sed'-like editor for VMS?
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Date: Tue, 23-Jun-87 15:01:54 EDT
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dan@leadsv.UUCP (Dan Gold):
> 
> Does anyone out there have or know of a program like UNIX 'sed' for VMS?
> We need the 'sed' capability of specifying a series of operations to be
> performed on a series of files.  I have checked out most of the standard
> VMS utilities and none seem to offer this feature.  EDIT/SUM is about the
> closest and it is poor.  Perhaps there is something already on the system
> but I didn't see it.  Any clues?  If anyone has such a program in FORTRAN or
> DCL, I would appreciate a copy.
> 

Probably the thing to do here is to use your favorite editor, like TPU since
it has the most powerful pattern recognition stuff, and write a command file
that recognizes SED commands.  After I get my VI implementation out, I plan
to take the RE code out of it and do just that.

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Gregg Wonderly
Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Oklahoma State University

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