Syntax EDIT [/B] [/H] [/R] [/S] [/<nnn>] [/?] [file(s)]
| /B | Forces monochrome mode. |
| /H | Displays the maximum number of lines possible for your hardware. |
| /R | Load file(s) in read-only mode. |
| /S | Forces the use of short filenames. |
| /<nnn> | Load binary file(s), wrapping lines to <nnn> characters wide. |
| /? | Displays this help screen. |
| [file] | Specifies initial files(s) to load. Wildcards and multiple file specs can be given. |
Examples edit c:\autoexec.bat This would look at the autoexec.bat. However, if the file is not found, you will have a blank blue screen. When editing this or any file, ensure that you know what you are placing in the files improperly editing the file can cause issues with your computer. Using edit you can also create files; for example, if you wanted to create a file called myfile.txt, you would type: edit myfile.txt This would bring up a blank edit screen, as long as the file is saved upon exit this will create the file myfile.txt. Additional information Edit is only able to open a file with a maximum of 65,280 lines. Because this file is generally used from MS-DOS, it can be a possibility for no mouse support within the file. Below is a listing of Edit's shortcut keys and what they do. Quick Tip - Simply pressing Alt will allow
you to quickly navigate through edit without having to memorize the below commands.
| Home | - Move cursor to the beginning of the line currently on. |
| End | - Move cursor to the end of the line currently on. |
| Ctrl + Up | - Scroll up one line. |
| Ctrl + Down | - Scroll down one line. |
| PageUp | - Scroll up one screen. |
| PageDown | - Scroll down one screen. |
| Ctrl + PageUp | - Scroll left one screen. |
| Ctrl + PageDown | - Scroll right one screen. |
| Ctrl + Home | - Scroll to the top of the document. |
| Ctrl + End | - Scroll to the bottom of the document. |
| Ctrl + Left | - Move left one word. |
| Ctrl + Right | - Move right one word. |
| Enter | - Starts a new line or moves text after cursor down. |
| Delete (Del) | - Deletes one character that cursor is on or currently selected text. |
| Backspace | - Deletes one character before the cursor. |
| Tab | - Moves cursor or text to next tab stop, or indents line if at first character. |
| Insert | - Switch between insert and overwrite modes. |
| Ctrl + Y | - Deletes the current line. |
| Ctrl + V | - Pastes contents currently within buffer, if any. |
| Ctrl + P | - Allows special characters to be inserted into Edit. |
| Shift | - Using shift in combination with any of the above scrolling or moving commands will highlight text, such as Ctrl + Shift + Right. |
| Ctrl + C | - Copies currently selected text into buffer. |
| Ctrl + X | - Cuts the currently selected text into buffer. |
| Shift + Tab | - Un-indents the currently selected line. |
| Ctrl + Q + F | - Find text. |
| Ctrl + Q + A | - Find and replace text. |
| F3 | - Repeat last search. |
| F6 | - Switch to the next edit window, if any. |
| Ctrl + F6 | - Open new edit window. |
| Ctrl + F4 | - Closes second edit window. |
| Ctrl + F8 | - Resizes edit window. |
| F1 | - Displays help. |
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