^BIntroduction^b


Purpose:

The purpose of this document is to:

1. Introduce You to Tri Text Tools

2. List program benefits and features

3. Be a tutorial and reference for program Options.

Tri Text Tools contains:

Three simple Tools for TEXT on PC's:

NLX STRINGS HEAD

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

^BProgram 	Descriptions^b

NLX		New-Line trans(X)-form: IBM PC from/to UNIX or APPLE MAC.

STRINGS		Filters out segments of text characters in binary files.

HEAD		Look at the front, middle or end lines of a text file.

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).

^BTri Text Tools 2.5^b

This release contains these files :

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

NLX.EXE         V3.10   New Line translate (X) between PC, MAC and UNIX.
STRINGS.EXE     V3.10   Show Strings of printable characters.
HEAD.EXE        V3.10   Show Head/Middle/Tail of files.
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.
PRICES.LIS	Price List
ZIP_CRC.LIS     List of all files in the distribution and ZIP CRC numbers.
ISTTT25X.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		Sample Text Files
*.BIN		Sample Binary Files
*.FRM		Registration and Tax-Deductible Donation Forms

These are packaged in a compressed ZIP file named

	ISTTT25X.zip

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

A Information file ISTTT25X.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 Greppes Text Tools***

That Include these Extra Useful Utilities:

PDGREPPE.EXE		Search/Edit by MAGIC with Pattern Definitions.
FGREPPE.EXE		Search/Edit Fixed sequences of bytes.

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.


