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| File size: | 09FF bytes |
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File contents
FTEXT.EXE
by David Foster
FTEXT is a program to display the text in any file. The main use is to
view any text in program files.
FTEXT was created as a result of a program appearing on a bulletin
board as Public Domain software when it actually contained Copyright
messages. The person who uploaded the program thought it was PD because
no Copyright message was displayed when the program was run. FTEXT will
display any such messages hidden in a file. Whilst the lack of any such
message is no guarantee that a program is PD and programs should never
be uploaded to a BB unless they are known not to be copyrighted, FTEXT
will quickly eliminate many about which there is doubt.
It is also interesting to see the messages in a program and sometimes
even new or undocumented features may be discovered!
DESCRIPTION
FTEXT will only display printable ASCII characters in the range 32-127.
By default all strings of less than 4 characters are discarded, which
eliminates a lot of the program 'garbage', although the minimum length
can be changed to any value up to 128 characters. A string is
considered to be any continuous group of ASCII characters by FTEXT.
Leading spaces at the start of a string are always discarded and each
string starts on a new line. Optionally, the display may be paused
after each screen is displayed.
SYNTAX
FTEXT <filespec> (/P) (/Mn)
<filespec> is the name of the file to be examined and may contain a
drive letter and/or directory path.
/P is optional and causes the display to pause after each
screenful.
/Mn is optional and determines the minimum size of text that will
be displayed, where 'n' is a number between 1 and 128.
EXAMPLES
FTEXT MYPROG.EXE /M15
will display all strings of ASCII characters of 15 or more characters
length in the file called 'MYPROG.EXE'.
FTEXT A:\MYDIR\MYPROG.EXE /P
will display all strings of 4 or more characters, pausing after the
display of each screenful. After each screen, you may press M for More,
or Q to Quit.
FTEXT MYPROG.EXE >NEWFILE
will send a list of all ASCII strings in 'MYPROG.EXE' to a file called
'NEWFILE'. This makes use of the MS-DOS re-direction facility, using
'>' to re-direct the output to a file. Do not use the /P switch when
doing this, or the program will appear to 'hang' as it waits for you to
press 'M for More' in answer to the message you won't see displayed!
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 46 | F| 00000020 54 45 58 54 2e 45 58 45 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |TEXT.EXE.. | 00000030 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000040 20 20 20 20 20 20 62 79 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 46 | by David F| 00000050 6f 73 74 65 72 0d 0a 0d 0a 46 54 45 58 54 20 69 |oster....FTEXT i| 00000060 73 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 6f 20 64 |s a program to d| 00000070 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 |isplay the text | 00000080 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 54 68 65 |in any file. The| 00000090 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 75 73 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 0d | main use is to.| 000000a0 0a 76 69 65 77 20 61 6e 79 20 74 65 78 74 20 69 |.view any text i| 000000b0 6e 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e |n program files.| 000000c0 0d 0a 0d 0a 46 54 45 58 54 20 77 61 73 20 63 72 |....FTEXT was cr| 000000d0 65 61 74 65 64 20 61 73 20 61 20 72 65 73 75 6c |eated as a resul| 000000e0 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 61 |t of a program a| 000000f0 70 70 65 61 72 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 62 75 |ppearing on a bu| 00000100 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 0d 0a 62 6f 61 72 64 20 61 73 |lletin..board as| 00000110 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 20 44 6f 6d 61 69 6e 20 73 | Public Domain s| 00000120 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 |oftware when it | 00000130 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e |actually contain| 00000140 65 64 20 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 0d 0a 6d 65 |ed Copyright..me| 00000150 73 73 61 67 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 65 72 73 |ssages. The pers| 00000160 6f 6e 20 77 68 6f 20 75 70 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 |on who uploaded | 00000170 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 68 6f 75 |the program thou| 00000180 67 68 74 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 50 44 20 62 65 |ght it was PD be| 00000190 63 61 75 73 65 0d 0a 6e 6f 20 43 6f 70 79 72 69 |cause..no Copyri| 000001a0 67 68 74 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 77 61 73 20 |ght message was | 000001b0 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 |displayed when t| 000001c0 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 61 73 20 72 |he program was r| 000001d0 75 6e 2e 20 46 54 45 58 54 20 77 69 6c 6c 0d 0a |un. FTEXT will..| 000001e0 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 61 6e 79 20 73 75 63 68 |display any such| 000001f0 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 68 69 64 64 65 6e | messages hidden| 00000200 20 69 6e 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 57 68 69 6c | in a file. Whil| 00000210 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 63 6b 20 6f 66 20 61 |st the lack of a| 00000220 6e 79 20 73 75 63 68 0d 0a 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 |ny such..message| 00000230 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 67 75 61 72 61 6e 74 65 65 | is no guarantee| 00000240 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 | that a program | 00000250 69 73 20 50 44 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |is PD and progra| 00000260 6d 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 65 76 65 72 0d |ms should never.| 00000270 0a 62 65 20 75 70 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |.be uploaded to | 00000280 61 20 42 42 20 75 6e 6c 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 79 |a BB unless they| 00000290 20 61 72 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 | are known not t| 000002a0 6f 20 62 65 20 63 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 65 64 |o be copyrighted| 000002b0 2c 20 46 54 45 58 54 0d 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 71 75 |, FTEXT..will qu| 000002c0 69 63 6b 6c 79 20 65 6c 69 6d 69 6e 61 74 65 20 |ickly eliminate | 000002d0 6d 61 6e 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 77 68 69 63 68 |many about which| 000002e0 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 64 6f 75 62 74 2e | there is doubt.| 000002f0 0d 0a 0d 0a 49 74 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 69 |....It is also i| 00000300 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 73 65 |nteresting to se| 00000310 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 69 |e the messages i| 00000320 6e 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 |n a program and | 00000330 73 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 0d 0a 65 76 65 6e 20 |sometimes..even | 00000340 6e 65 77 20 6f 72 20 75 6e 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e |new or undocumen| 00000350 74 65 64 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 73 20 6d 61 79 |ted features may| 00000360 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 63 6f 76 65 72 65 64 21 0d | be discovered!.| 00000370 0a 0d 0a 44 45 53 43 52 49 50 54 49 4f 4e 0d 0a |...DESCRIPTION..| 00000380 0d 0a 46 54 45 58 54 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 6c |..FTEXT will onl| 00000390 79 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 70 72 69 6e 74 61 |y display printa| 000003a0 62 6c 65 20 41 53 43 49 49 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 |ble ASCII charac| 000003b0 74 65 72 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 61 6e 67 |ters in the rang| 000003c0 65 20 33 32 2d 31 32 37 2e 0d 0a 42 79 20 64 65 |e 32-127...By de| 000003d0 66 61 75 6c 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 |fault all string| 000003e0 73 20 6f 66 20 6c 65 73 73 20 74 68 61 6e 20 34 |s of less than 4| 000003f0 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 | characters are | 00000400 64 69 73 63 61 72 64 65 64 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 |discarded, which| 00000410 0d 0a 65 6c 69 6d 69 6e 61 74 65 73 20 61 20 6c |..eliminates a l| 00000420 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |ot of the progra| 00000430 6d 20 27 67 61 72 62 61 67 65 27 2c 20 61 6c 74 |m 'garbage', alt| 00000440 68 6f 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6e 69 6d 75 |hough the minimu| 00000450 6d 20 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 0d 0a 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |m length..can be| 00000460 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 79 20 | changed to any | 00000470 76 61 6c 75 65 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 31 32 38 20 |value up to 128 | 00000480 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 2e 20 41 20 73 74 |characters. A st| 00000490 72 69 6e 67 20 69 73 0d 0a 63 6f 6e 73 69 64 65 |ring is..conside| 000004a0 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 6e 79 20 20 63 |red to be any c| 000004b0 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 6f 75 73 20 67 72 6f 75 70 20 |ontinuous group | 000004c0 6f 66 20 41 53 43 49 49 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 |of ASCII charact| 000004d0 65 72 73 20 62 79 20 46 54 45 58 54 2e 0d 0a 4c |ers by FTEXT...L| 000004e0 65 61 64 69 6e 67 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 20 61 74 |eading spaces at| 000004f0 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 | the start of a | 00000500 73 74 72 69 6e 67 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 77 61 79 |string are alway| 00000510 73 20 64 69 73 63 61 72 64 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 |s discarded and | 00000520 65 61 63 68 0d 0a 73 74 72 69 6e 67 20 73 74 61 |each..string sta| 00000530 72 74 73 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 6c 69 6e |rts on a new lin| 00000540 65 2e 20 4f 70 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 74 |e. Optionally, t| 00000550 68 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 6d 61 79 20 62 |he display may b| 00000560 65 20 70 61 75 73 65 64 0d 0a 61 66 74 65 72 20 |e paused..after | 00000570 65 61 63 68 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 69 73 20 64 |each screen is d| 00000580 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 53 59 4e |isplayed.....SYN| 00000590 54 41 58 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 45 58 54 |TAX.... FTEXT| 000005a0 20 3c 66 69 6c 65 73 70 65 63 3e 20 28 2f 50 29 | <filespec> (/P)| 000005b0 20 28 2f 4d 6e 29 0d 0a 0d 0a 3c 66 69 6c 65 73 | (/Mn)....<files| 000005c0 70 65 63 3e 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 |pec> is the name| 000005d0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 | of the file to | 000005e0 62 65 20 65 78 61 6d 69 6e 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 |be examined and | 000005f0 6d 61 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 61 0d 0a 20 |may contain a.. | 00000600 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 | drive | 00000610 6c 65 74 74 65 72 20 61 6e 64 2f 6f 72 20 64 69 |letter and/or di| 00000620 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 70 61 74 68 2e 0d 0a 0d |rectory path....| 00000630 0a 2f 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 73 20 6f |./P is o| 00000640 70 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 75 73 |ptional and caus| 00000650 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 74 |es the display t| 00000660 6f 20 70 61 75 73 65 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 65 61 |o pause after ea| 00000670 63 68 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 73 |ch.. s| 00000680 63 72 65 65 6e 66 75 6c 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 2f 4d 6e |creenful...../Mn| 00000690 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 73 20 6f 70 74 69 6f | is optio| 000006a0 6e 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 64 65 74 65 72 6d 69 6e |nal and determin| 000006b0 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6e 69 6d 75 6d 20 73 |es the minimum s| 000006c0 69 7a 65 20 6f 66 20 74 65 78 74 20 74 68 61 74 |ize of text that| 000006d0 20 77 69 6c 6c 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | will.. | 000006e0 20 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 2c 20 | be displayed, | 000006f0 77 68 65 72 65 20 27 6e 27 20 69 73 20 61 20 6e |where 'n' is a n| 00000700 75 6d 62 65 72 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 31 20 |umber between 1 | 00000710 61 6e 64 20 31 32 38 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 45 58 41 4d |and 128.....EXAM| 00000720 50 4c 45 53 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 45 58 |PLES.... FTEX| 00000730 54 20 4d 59 50 52 4f 47 2e 45 58 45 20 2f 4d 31 |T MYPROG.EXE /M1| 00000740 35 0d 0a 0d 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 |5....will displa| 00000750 79 20 61 6c 6c 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 73 20 6f 66 |y all strings of| 00000760 20 41 53 43 49 49 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 | ASCII character| 00000770 73 20 6f 66 20 31 35 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |s of 15 or more | 00000780 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 0d 0a 6c 65 6e 67 |characters..leng| 00000790 74 68 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 |th in the file c| 000007a0 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 27 4d 59 50 52 4f 47 2e 45 58 |alled 'MYPROG.EX| 000007b0 45 27 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 45 58 54 |E'..... FTEXT| 000007c0 20 41 3a 5c 4d 59 44 49 52 5c 4d 59 50 52 4f 47 | A:\MYDIR\MYPROG| 000007d0 2e 45 58 45 20 2f 50 0d 0a 0d 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 |.EXE /P....will | 000007e0 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 61 6c 6c 20 73 74 72 69 |display all stri| 000007f0 6e 67 73 20 6f 66 20 34 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 |ngs of 4 or more| 00000800 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 2c 20 70 61 75 | characters, pau| 00000810 73 69 6e 67 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 0d 0a |sing after the..| 00000820 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 6f 66 20 65 61 63 68 20 |display of each | 00000830 73 63 72 65 65 6e 66 75 6c 2e 20 41 66 74 65 72 |screenful. After| 00000840 20 65 61 63 68 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2c 20 79 6f | each screen, yo| 00000850 75 20 6d 61 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 4d 20 66 6f |u may press M fo| 00000860 72 20 4d 6f 72 65 2c 0d 0a 6f 72 20 51 20 74 6f |r More,..or Q to| 00000870 20 51 75 69 74 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 46 54 | Quit..... FT| 00000880 45 58 54 20 4d 59 50 52 4f 47 2e 45 58 45 20 3e |EXT MYPROG.EXE >| 00000890 4e 45 57 46 49 4c 45 0d 0a 0d 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 |NEWFILE....will | 000008a0 73 65 6e 64 20 61 20 6c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 61 |send a list of a| 000008b0 6c 6c 20 41 53 43 49 49 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 73 |ll ASCII strings| 000008c0 20 69 6e 20 27 4d 59 50 52 4f 47 2e 45 58 45 27 | in 'MYPROG.EXE'| 000008d0 20 74 6f 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 | to a file calle| 000008e0 64 0d 0a 27 4e 45 57 46 49 4c 45 27 2e 20 54 68 |d..'NEWFILE'. Th| 000008f0 69 73 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 |is makes use of | 00000900 74 68 65 20 4d 53 2d 44 4f 53 20 72 65 2d 64 69 |the MS-DOS re-di| 00000910 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 |rection facility| 00000920 2c 20 75 73 69 6e 67 0d 0a 27 3e 27 20 74 6f 20 |, using..'>' to | 00000930 72 65 2d 64 69 72 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 20 6f 75 |re-direct the ou| 00000940 74 70 75 74 20 74 6f 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 |tput to a file. | 00000950 44 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 2f |Do not use the /| 00000960 50 20 73 77 69 74 63 68 20 77 68 65 6e 0d 0a 64 |P switch when..d| 00000970 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 2c 20 6f 72 20 74 68 |oing this, or th| 00000980 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 |e program will a| 00000990 70 70 65 61 72 20 74 6f 20 27 68 61 6e 67 27 20 |ppear to 'hang' | 000009a0 61 73 20 69 74 20 77 61 69 74 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |as it waits for | 000009b0 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 0d 0a 70 72 65 73 73 20 27 4d |you to..press 'M| 000009c0 20 66 6f 72 20 4d 6f 72 65 27 20 69 6e 20 61 6e | for More' in an| 000009d0 73 77 65 72 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 |swer to the mess| 000009e0 61 67 65 20 79 6f 75 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 20 73 65 |age you won't se| 000009f0 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 21 0d 0a 1a |e displayed!...| 000009ff
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