Re: Edit still available

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
<> wrote:

>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>
>Thanks.


Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
entering:-

edit /?


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Edlin is available, too.


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"Stubbo of Oz" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
> <> wrote:
>
>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>
> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
> entering:-
>
> edit /?
>
>
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There was once a web site, now gone, that showed how to use edlin as a
newsreader.

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"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> Edlin is available, too.
>
>
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> "Stubbo of Oz" <> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
>> entering:-
>>
>> edit /?
>>
>>
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On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:01 +1000, Stubbo of Oz wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
> <> wrote:
>
>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>
> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
> entering:-
>
> edit /?

Will he get the same thing I did? Namely:

'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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Maybe you have 64 bit windows?

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:01 +1000, Stubbo of Oz wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
>> entering:-
>>
>> edit /?
>
> Will he get the same thing I did? Namely:
>
> 'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
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> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:20:39 +1000, <.> wrote:

>There was once a web site, now gone, that showed how to use edlin as a
>newsreader.

http://www.computerhope.com/edlin.htm

But who on earth would ever want to use it these days???

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BTW, it's not in Windows 7 (as of now).


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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:01 +1000, Stubbo of Oz wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
>> entering:-
>>
>> edit /?
>
> Will he get the same thing I did? Namely:
>
> 'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
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oops, it's in the 32 bit, not in the 64 bit version..



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"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> BTW, it's not in Windows 7 (as of now).
>
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> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
> news:19c9txknyobpu$.mvuaoxb62vms$... .
>> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:01 +1000, Stubbo of Oz wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
>>> entering:-
>>>
>>> edit /?
>>
>> Will he get the same thing I did? Namely:
>>
>> 'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
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>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
>

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:20:39 +1000, . wrote:

> There was once a web site, now gone, that showed how to use edlin as a
> newsreader.

That must have been a lot of fun!

I must confess that edlin wasn't the worst editor I ever used. The worst
was on an HP 2100MX (I'm a bit unsure of the number) - it was a
mini-computer, back when there were such things - probably 1980 or so. I
forget what they called the editor (although I had some ideas for a more
accurate name).

One thing I remember: if you had scrolled down to, say, line 173, you
couldn't go to line 172 or any line < 173 without writing the whole buffer
and starting over from line 1. And that was one of the *good* features.

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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:34:35 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-> wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:01 +1000, Stubbo of Oz wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:58 -0700 (PDT), WhiteTea
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Is edit still available on a cmd window in Vista?
>>>I would like to be able to edit batch files with in a cmd window.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Yes - you can check that yourself by opening a cmd window and
>> entering:-
>>
>> edit /?
>
>Will he get the same thing I did? Namely:
>
>'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>operable program or batch file.

What version of Vista are you using? It is definitely on my Vista Home
Premium SP2.

Location C:\Windows\system32\edit.com


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