CLEANZ v1.2 by Phil Herron               REGISTRATION $15.00
STRIP EOF CONTROL-Z UTILITY HERRON JAN90 UTIL

Update

*  Strips or replaces control-Z end-of-file characters.

*  Can be incorporated into batch routines.

*  Quantity discounts for multiple registrations.

*  NEW in this version:
   DOS ErrorLevel now returned upon termination.
   On-screen indication of each control-Z found.


Syntax: CLEANZ [filespec] [-replacementChar]


CLEANZ strips or replaces control-Z characters, also known
as EOF (end-of-file) characters, from any file type.

Many text editors and word processors, including the DOS
EDLIN utility, mark the end of a text file with one or more
control-Z characters (variously known as ^Z, decimal 26, or
hex 1A).

If the file is later appended to by some means other than
the editor, the added text will appear after the ^Z
character.  Then when the file is edited, you won't find the
appended text; the editor does not look beyond the "End-Of-
File" character.

A way around this limitation is to delete the ^Z character,
or change it to some other character, so your editor will
read beyond it to the appended text.

CleanZ performs this function by reading the specified file,
then writing a new file without the ^Z characters (or
optionally changing them to another selected character).
It saves the original file with the extension .BAK.

CLEANZ can be called from a batch file.  The documentation
includes a routine that can be used to combine up to five
files per operation.  It uses the DOS "type" command and
redirection to append files, then calls CLEANZ to replace
any control-Z characters in the resulting file.

CLEANZ returns a DOS ErrorLevel value which can be used to
control subsequent operations.


Hardware Requirements : IBM PC, XT, AT or compatible
                        with at least 80K RAM.

Other Requirements    : DOS 2.1 or later.

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