how to save text???

[Ray Ghanbari]

>  Actually, there is another way to save ascii text from
>  any application (that I have tried) on NeXT; I tried on
>  OmniWeb this morning and it works there too.  Copy the
>  text from the application window using command-c; now
>  open a Terminal window (using Terminal.app), then do the
>  following at the prompt:
>
>      %   cat > file_to_dump_to
>
>  Now do command-v to paste followed by control-C to get
>  your prompt back.
>
>  Whatever is copied is now saved to the file:
>  file_to_dump_to
>
>  This gives you a cleaner ascii text (without all the html
>  marker).


Try the following:

%   paste > file_to_dump_to


Here is part of the man page

%   man paste

COPY(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual              COPY(1)

NAME
     copy, paste - provide copying and pasting from command line

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/copy

     /usr/bin/paste [ -Prefer {ascii | rtf | ps} ]

DESCRIPTION
     copy takes the standard input and places it in the
     NEXTSTEP(tm) pasteboard [....]


I use copy and paste from the command line all the time.  _Very_ useful.

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Ray Ghanbari
Mayo Foundation
ray at mayo.edu