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1991-11-18
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rem BLANKLIN.COM
rem Matt Roberts, 3 Cedar St., Montpelier, Vt 05602-3006
rem With DOS 3.X, you can create a blank line in a batch file by typing ECHO.
rem (ECHO with a period directly after it). That doesn't work with versions
rem of DOS below 3.0; you have to use ECHO ., which puts annoying little dots
rem on your blank lines. This utility makes a blank line without the dots.
rem It requires approximately 64K to run.
rem While the screen writes are more attractive, there is a problem in terms
rem of speed; this takes a while to load, especially on slow machines, which
rem will slow down your batch files.
rem First, check for parameters, which tells the program how many blank lines
rem to print.
a$=command$
b$=mid$(a$,2,79)
printlin:
a=val(b$)
if a$=" " then
a=0
endif
for line=1 to a
print
next line
finish:
end