TextTools - General Features

Revised 1-Sep-97. Copyright (c) 1996-97 by Rune Berg. TextTools Freeware.


The programs

The documentation

THE PROGRAMS

The -v option

Every TextTools program can be invoked with the -v option, e.g.: This makes the program print its copyright banner and a brief description of usage and functionality, e.g.: and then exit with return code 0 (success).

DOS end-of-file character

TextTools programs never print a DOS end-of-file character (Ctrl-Z, hex 1a) when producing an output file, even if the input file was terminated by such a character. With two exceptions:

Return codes

Here's a more detailed explanation of the return codes of TextTools programs.  

Input line length

Most of the TextTools programs read text lines from an input file. The maximum length of such lines is 255 characters, not counting (carriage return and) newline.


THE DOCUMENTATION

Conventions used

Examples of command invokations are in a dark red monotype font, e.g.: Examples of input or output data are shown in a dark green monotype font, e.g.:
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