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- Documentation for program: mc
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- Usage:
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- mc [-ccolumns] [-hheight] [-ggutter] [-wwidth]
- [filespec | aliasspec]... outfile
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- Example:
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- mc -c2 -h58 -g1 -w80 infile outfile
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- This program is if you have data that you would like to print
- in a multi-column format. The code is a port of the UNIX (DECUS)
- mc program. It reserves 30k bytes for a page so that you can have
- up to, for instance, 300 columns by 100 lines.
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- An help message is available by entering at the DOS prompt:
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- A>mc
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- The example above would take the file "infile" and produce an "outfile"
- containing two columns with one blank (the gutter) between the data
- columns. 58 lines per page. 80 columns per line. Each input line
- would be truncated to 39 characters to fit within the 80 columns.
- This is the program default if you simply enter:
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- a>mc infile outfile
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- You can have multiple input files. Then each file would be placed in
- a seperate column:
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- a>mc in1 in2 in3 outfile
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- will produce a three column report. The files must have an equal number
- of lines, EOF on any file will end the processing.
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- Comments:
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- The program differs from the UNIX version:
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- - It is not a filter, it won't accept redirection
- - The important part of the HELP message comes last
- - There is no space between any option and its numeric value.
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- The restriction that the multiple input files must have an equal number
- of lines was in the original program. Since having multiple input files,
- is a rather oddball usage, I didn't try to fix it.
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- If you want a screen oriented, multicolumn program, I placed a program
- (6MORE) in public domain. It does not truncate records, but will put
- as many columns on the screen as will fit. It accepts redirection and
- asks for a keystroke every 24 lines.
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- Stan Peters
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