ALTER.EXE 16-bit DOS MODE
Purpose Perform various file translations from the command line.
Description This program provides search and replace, bitwise editing, clipping, line splitting and various other file alterations from the command line. File input can come from DOS redirection with '<' or from an option with '-i'. Same with output. 

    ALTER File Filter version 1.02    written by Lincoln Jaros

        alter [options] < infile > outfile

          -z           remove Ctrl-Z end of file mark
          -l           list number of matches only - no actual editing
          -i infile    get input from file infile
          -o outfile   send output to file outfile
          -f string    target string to search for
          -r string    replace string to substitute for target
          -b string    string to place at beginning of output
          -e string    string to place at end of output
          -s nn        split input every nn chars and insert CR-LF
          -c nn        clip nn characters from end of output
          -a hh        logical AND of each character and hex hh
          -w hh        logical OR of each character and hex hh
          -n           logical NOT of each character
          -k c         remove comment lines starting with c

              Strings may include:

              text     literal text
              "text"   literal text
              \r       carriage return
              \n       line feed
              \t       tab
              \b       backspace
              \e       escape
              \nn      decimal character nn

          infile       input file (defaults to keyboard)
          outfile      output file (defaults to screen)

        This program allows search and replace editing functions
        controlled from the command line.

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