^BIntroduction^b


Purpose:

The purpose of this document is to:

1. Introduce You to Greppes Text Tools

2. List program benefits and features

3. Be a tutorial and reference for program Options.

Greppes Text Tools contains:

Two advanced Search and Replace Tools for PC's:

PDGREPPE FGREPPE

Here is a list of the Tools or Programs and what they do:

^BProgram 	Descriptions^b

PDGREPPE	Searches/Edits with Magic Pattern Definitions (PDL).
		Pattern Definition GREP Pattern Editor
		or
		Public Domain GREP Pattern Editor

FGREPPE		Searches/Edits fixed pattern data.
		Fixed pattern or Fast GREP Pattern Editor

Each tool has options that can be used to customise operation.

Each tool is designed for Intermediate to Advanced Users of
a traditional CLI (Command Line Interface).

^BGreppes Text Tools 2.7^b

This release contains these files :

^BNAME^b            ^Bversion^b ^Bdescription^b

PDGREPPE.EXE    V3.10   Search/Edit by MAGIC with Pattern Definitions.
FGREPPE.EXE     V3.10   Search/Edit Fixed sequences of bytes.
README.1ST      Text file to read first.
README.EXE      This file.
README.TXT      Text file limited alternative to README.EXE
HELP.DOC        Help Menu for README.EXE
GO.BAT          Batch file to run README
FILE_ID.DIZ     Short list of contents for BBS etc.
ERE.DEF    Sample definition file for PDGREPPE.
PDGREPPE.HNT    Hints file for PDGREPPE.
PRICES.LIS	Price List
ZIP_CRC.LIS     List of all files in the distribution and ZIP CRC numbers.
ISGTT27X.HTM	Information file in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
INVESTIG.TXT	Promotional file
TTPROGQA.TXT	Question and Answer file for Text Tools
CHANGES.LOG	List of Changes.
BUGS.LIS	List of Problems.
*.TXT,abc	Sample Text Files
*.BIN		Sample Binary Files
*.FRM		Registration and Tax-Deductible Donation Forms

These are packaged in a compressed ZIP file named

	ISGTT27X.zip

and can be extracted with PKUNZIP or similar UN-ZIP utilities.

A Information file ISGTT27X.XML is outside the main zip
package.  It is used for automated software submission to
software vendors.

Also Available from Intelligence Services
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***PentaTextTools or Tri Text Tools***

That Include these Extra Useful Utilities:

NLX.EXE		New Line translate (X) between PC, MAC and UNIX.
STRINGS.EXE	Show Strings of printable characters.
HEAD.EXE	Show Head/Middle/Tail of files.

The remainder of this document is divided into FEATURES and
OPTIONS sections.

Feature sections describe what the basic program or tool does.

Option sections describe what each option does.


