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LOOK

A Text File Display Program


The LOOK program was developed to permit a user to examine a text file in a psuedo-random access manner. Many engineering and scientific programs generate large amounts of printed output. Often this output needs to be examined in only a few places. On mini-computers (like the DEC VAX) high-speed printers are usually at a premium. One alternative is to save the output in a text file and examine it with a text editor. The slowness of a text editor, the possibility of inadvertently changing the output, and other factors make this an unsatisfactory solution. The LOOK program provides the user with a means of rapidly examining the contents of an ASCII text file.


Program Size: 7,653 Statements
Computer Language: FORTRAN 77 ( 86 %); ASSEMBLER ( 14 %);

Copyright (c) 1996 Pacific HiTech, Inc. and COSMIC