CHANGE

Command:

CHANGE

Syntax:

CHANGE [/old_text/new_text/ scope]

Operands:

old_text is the text to be targeted for changing. This is the string that must be matched. new_text is the replacement text. scope is either "*" or "* *". A single "*" denotes to change the first occurrence of the match string for each line. A double "* *" denotes to change all occurrences on all lines.

Functional Description:

The command CHANGE is used to search for a string(s) of text from the current line position, replacing the occurence with the new string.

Synonyms:

CH, REPLACE

Usage Notes:

The double asterik must have a single space between the asteriks. The delimiter separating the arguments can be character other than the ones being used in the compare and replace strings.

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