Editing CompuServe (section)

=== Software applications ===
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==== FILe Generator and Editor (FILGE) ====
FILe Generator and Editor (FILGE) was a command-oriented [[text editor]] created by CompuServe in the early 1970s. Later it was replaced by screen-oriented [[WYSIWYG]] editors. FILGE's commands were preceded by a forward slash (/) character.

For example, if a text file contained the line ''[[The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog]],'' the word 'fox' could be replaced with word 'wolf' using the command:

<code>/c/fox/wolf</code>

To see the result of the edit, the user could type:

<code>/p</code>

and in this case, would see ''The quick brown wolf jumps over the lazy dog''

There were many other commands, including a repeating capability later, which allowed significant file manipulations without the need to write special programs.