| 1826 |      1 | .TH PATCHER 1 "August 8, 1995"
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|  |      2 | .AT 3
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|  |      3 | .SH NAME
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|  |      4 | patcher \- perl4.x script
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|  |      5 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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|  |      6 | .B patcher [-d -dd] configuration_file
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|  |      7 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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|  |      8 | .I Patcher
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|  |      9 | is a universal perl script that patches textfiles according to commands
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|  |     10 | that are given in the 
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|  |     11 | .I configuration file.
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|  |     12 | Each command specifies two pragmas via regular expressions. Between
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|  |     13 | these pragmas certain actions are performed by the patcher. The patcher can
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|  |     14 | .I CLEAN
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|  |     15 | everthing between the pragmas,
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|  |     16 | .I ADD 
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|  |     17 | the contents of a certain text file between the pragmas or
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|  |     18 | .I EXTRACT
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|  |     19 | everything between the pragmas and store it in a certain textfile. 
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|  |     20 | .SH ENVIRONMENT
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|  |     21 | No environment variables are used.
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|  |     22 | .SH FILES
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|  |     23 | None.
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|  |     24 | .SH AUTHOR
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|  |     25 | Franz Regensburger
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|  |     26 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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|  |     27 | Some examples can be found in the 
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|  |     28 | .I isa-patches
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|  |     29 | directory of the 8bit package.
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|  |     30 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS
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|  |     32 | .SH BUGS
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