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ASCII Files
Can you pls help on writing ASCII files? For example, how to you put SUPPLIER NO and NAME in an ASCIIfile?
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Old 08-09-2001
See if you have the editor pico on your system... If not, search www.google.com for a vi tutorial...

http://www.google.com/search?q=simple+vi+tutorial
 
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