Hi. Am just starting with DOSBox. Haven't used MS DOS for many years. My memory is that to read a txt file that is bigger than the monitor screen (so you have to scroll to read it) like readme.txt that comes with some of my old games, you can use a command like type readme.txt | more. But this isn't working for me & I can't read the readme.txt file. Can you please let me know how I can do this
Thanks, Tony
That is the correct command, but since MORE.COM is not included in DOSBox, it does not work in DOSBox.
Why don't you just read your text files in Windows?
The problem is the lack of support for piping. You can add the FreeDOS MORE.EXE to your system but it still won't work because of this. I understand there are no plans to add piping support to the project.
You can use a generic DOS editor to view text files in DOSBox. The default MS-DOS editor works fine. You can get it (EDIT.COM) off any 32-bit installation of Windows.
Is this too much voodoo?
Thanks for the tips. I downloaded a MSDOS editor & it work fine 😀
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wrote:The problem is the lack of support for piping. You can add the FreeDOS MORE.EXE to your system but it still won't work because of this. I understand there are no plans to add piping support to the project.
If I'm not mistaken, "more <filename>" will display the text of <filename> and does not require piping.
There's also the old PC Magazine utility BROWSE.COM by Charles Petzold
How to view long command usage pages though? You can't use CMD.EXE /? | MORE
Is this too much voodoo?
wrote:How to view long command usage pages though? You can't use CMD.EXE /? | MORE
Indeed. I think CMD.EXE /? > foobar.txt still works, though.
Try file managers with text view/edit function: Norton Commander, Volkov Commander, DOS Navigator
That and lots of viewers @ cd.textfiles.com and archive.org
A trick you can use to read smaller files is to get MODE.COM from FreeDOS and enable 50-line mode with MODE CON LINES=50. It'll double the height of the screen.
Is this too much voodoo?
