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Aucbvax.6840 fa.info-vax utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Wed Apr 21 17:28:56 1982 Foreign command line >From GZ@MIT-MC Wed Apr 21 17:20:16 1982 This is really a crock but if you get the command line with CLI, the program name is there, before the pointer returned to you. I.e. it looks something like this

UMENU FOO FIE ^ Your pointer.

Just back up the pointer to the first non-alphabetic character (usually a rubout it seems). I do</PRE> <HR> This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: <P> 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. <BR> 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: <P> <EM>The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright&copy 1981, 1996 <BR> Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.</EM> <P> <HR> <BR>Return to <A HREF="FA.info-vax-index.html">FA.info-vax index</A> <BR>Return to the <A HREF="../index.html">Usenet Oldnews Archive index</A> </HTML>

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