Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp From: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Alternatives to 'type' on a PC Summary: Vern Buerg's LIST program! Good stuff! Message-ID: <993@v7fs1.UUCP> Date: 2 Jan 90 21:27:46 GMT References: <1284@marlin.NOSC.MIL> <970@v7fs1.UUCP> <129727@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <2702@aecom.yu.edu> <24107@gryphon.COM> <1990Jan2.194210.2304@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Organization: Video 7 + G2 = Headland Technology Lines: 13 In article <1990Jan2.194210.2304@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu.UUCP (Terrell Drinkard) writes: [ several better ways to examine a file than MSDOS's "type" command ] The best of all that I have come across is Vern Buerg's outstanding "LIST" program. Page up, page down, search, mark a block and write it to another file -- Plus it's *FAST*, even on a slow 8088 machine. This is one of The Essential DOS Utilities, and version 7.2a was recently posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. This version adds some directory-manipulation features. -- Mike Van Pelt Help stamp out Mickey-Mouse Headland Technology/Video 7 computer interfaces -- ...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp Menus are for Restaurants!