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Access to contents of file from DCL?

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The Question is:

 
How to I extract characters from an ascii file (*.dat) using DCL?

The Answer is :

 
  At the simplest:
 
    $ OPEN foo filename
    $ READ foo symbol
    $ CLOSE foo


  

     
     
answer written or last revised on ( 27-AUG-1998 )

     
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