FED(I) 1/15/73 FED(I)





FED(I)                       1/15/73                       FED(I)







NAME

     fed - edit associative memory for form letter



SYNOPSIS

     fed



DESCRIPTION

     Fed is used to edit a form letter associative  memory  file,

     form.m,  which  consists of named strings.  Commands consist

     of single  letters  followed  by  a  list  of  string  names

     separated by a single space and ending with a new line.  The

     conventions of the Shell with respect to `*'  and  `?'  hold

     for all commands but m.  The commands are:



     e name ...

        Fed writes the string whose name is name onto a temporary

        file  and executes ed.  On exit from the ed the temporary

        file is copied back into the  associative  memory.   Each

        argument  is  operated on separately.  Be sure to give an

        ed w  command  (without  a  filename)  to  rewrite  fed's

        temporary file before quitting out of ed.



     d [ name ... ]

        deletes a string and its  name  from  the  memory.   When

        called  with  no  arguments  d operates in a verbose mode

        typing each string name and  deleting  only  if  a  y  is

        typed.  A q response returns to fed's command level.  Any

        other response does nothing.



     m name1 name2 ...

        (move) changes the name of name1  to  name2  and  removes

        previous  string  name2  if one exists.  Several pairs of

        arguments may be given.  Literal strings are expected for

        the names.



     n [ name ... ]

        (names) lists the string names in the memory.  If  called

        with   the   optional  arguments,  it  just  lists  those

        requested.



     p name ...

        prints the contents of the strings with  names  given  by

        the arguments.



     q

        returns to the system.



     c [ p ] [ f ]

        checks the associative memory file  for  consistency  and

        reports  the  number  of  free  headers  and blocks.  The

        optional arguments do the following:



        p   causes any unaccounted-for string to be printed.



        f   fixes  broken  memories  by  adding   unaccounted-for

           headers  to  free  storage  and removing references to

           released headers from associative memory.







FILES

     /tmp/ftmp?      temporary

     form.m          associative memory



SEE ALSO

     form(I), ed(I), sh(I)



WARNING

     It is legal but unwise to have string names with blanks, `:'

     or `?' in them.



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