NAME
fed - edit form letter memory
SYNOPSIS
fed
DESCRIPTION
Fed is used to edit a form letter associative memory file,
form.m, which consists of named strings. Commands consist
of single letters followed by a list of string names sepa-
rated by a single space and ending with a new line. The
conventions of the Shell with respect to `*' and `?' hold
for all commands but m. The commands are:
e name ...
Fed writes the string whose name is name onto a temporary
file and executes ed. On exit from the ed the temporary
file is copied back into the associative memory. Each
argument is operated on separately. Be sure to give an
editor w command (without a filename) to rewrite fed's
temporary file before quitting out of ed.
d [ name ... ]
deletes a string and its name from the memory. When
called with no arguments d operates in a verbose mode
typing each string name and deleting only if a y is
typed. A q response returns to fed's command level. Any
other response does nothing.
m name1 name2 ...
(move) changes the name of name1 to name2 and removes
previous string name2 if one exists. Several pairs of
arguments may be given. Literal strings are expected for
the names.
n [ name ... ]
(names) lists the string names in the memory. If called
with the optional arguments, it just lists those
requested.
p name ...
prints the contents of the strings with names given by
the arguments.
q
returns to the system.
c [ p ] [ f ]
checks the associative memory file for consistency and
reports the number of free headers and blocks. The
optional arguments do the following:
1
p causes any unaccounted-for string to be printed.
f fixes broken memories by adding unaccounted-for head-
ers to free storage and removing references to
released headers from associative memory.
FILES
/tmp/ftmp? temporary
form.m associative memory
SEE ALSO
form (VI), ed (I), sh (I)
WARNING
It is legal but unwise to have string names with blanks, `*'
or `?' in them.
BUGS
2