FILe Generator and Editor
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FILe Generator and Editor (FILGE) was a command-oriented text editor created by CompuServe in the early 1970s. Later it was replaced by screen-oriented WYSIWYG editors. FILGE's commands were preceded by a forward slash (/) character.
For example, if a text file contained the line The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, the word 'fox' could be replaced with word 'wolf' using the command:
/c/fox/wolf
To see the result of the edit, the user could type:
/p
and in this case, would see The quick brown wolf jumps over the lazy dog
There were many other commands, including a repeating capability later, which allowed significant file manipulations without the need to write special programs.
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