Inserting a Whole File

To insert all of another file into the file you are editing, use the format:

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram GET filename filetype 
           or
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram GET pathname

XEDIT determines whether the file ID entered is a CMS file (filename filetype) or a BFS file (pathname) from the NAMETYPE setting. The default type of file ID is CMS, but NAMETYPE BFS can be entered on the XEDIT command line to change the file ID to a BFS file.

For example, to insert all of POEM2 at the end of POEM1, while you are editing POEM1, enter: 
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  • (move the line pointer to the end of the file)
get poem2 script
  • (insert the whole file)
When the entire second file has been inserted, the editor displays the message: 
EOF reached