In this lesson, you learn how to use the R:BASE Editor (RBEDIT) to enter command lines into a command file and how to create and test a command file. There are no prerequisite lessons for this lesson; however, familiarity with using R:BASE commands at the R> Prompt (Lesson 7) is recommended.
While you can use R:BASE interactively, by typing commands at the R> Prompt, for many of the tasks you want to perform, it is useful to store the series of commands that perform a task in a permanent file that you can then execute whenever needed.
A stored series of commands is called a command file. R:BASE provides all of the tools you need to produce command files that, in turn, can be combined with other command files to form applications.
This lesson describes:
•How to use the R:BASE Editor, or RBEDIT, to enter and edit command files
•How to design and run a command file to perform a specific task
