1 TRIM
	TRIM file_spec

       Trim will process a file and do some or all of the following:
  remove lines from the beginning or end of a file, remove characters
  from each line, insert a prefix or suffix on each line.  A single
  file specification is given: the output file will have the same name
  and extension as the input file.

2 Examples

  DIRECTORY/COLUMN=1/NOSIZE/NODATE/NOTRAIL/OUT=DIRECTORY.LIS
  TRIM/FIRST=4/START="." DIRECTORY.LIS

     The first command produces a directory listing with a header,
  and a complete file specification (with extension and version
  number).  The TRIM command removes the header (the first two lines
  of the file), and trims each line so that only the file name (no
  extension or version) remains.


  TRIM/PRE="LIB/INS library " DIRECTORY.LIS

  Will prefix the library insertion commands on all lines.
2 /FIRST_LINE

       Specifies the first line in the input file to be included
  in the output file: lines preceding this are removed.  If not
  specified, the default value is 1 (start from the first line).
2 /LAST_LINE

     Specifies the last line to be included.  If not specified,
  all lines are included.
2 /STARTING_CHAR

       Specifies the first character on each line to be deleted
  from the output file: that character and the remainder of the
  line is deleted.  The test is case sensitive.
2 /FINAL_CHAR

       Apparently no longer specifies anything.
2 /REMOVE

     Removes the specified character(s) from each line in the file
  where they occur.  On lines where the specified character(s) do
  not occur, it will probably remove the corresponding columns from
  the line where the characters last occurred.  More than one
  character may be specified in a list such as /REMOVE=("A","B","C")
  but it only removes single characters (i.e., /REMOVE=("List") only
  removes the letter "L").
2 /PREFIX

     If specified, the prefix is added to the beginning of each line. 
3 FIRST

     No longer works.
2 /SUFFIX

     If specified, the suffix is appended to the end of each line.
2 /TRIM

     Apparently no longer does anything.
2 /DELETE

     Action not yet determined when given as a qualifier.
2 /Disclaimer

  This help file was created by B. Z. Lederman in an attempt to
  document the TRIM program which is distributed with ALL-IN-1
  V2.2 (look in OA$LIB for TRIM.EXE and TRIM.CLD: if the files
  are missing complain to your local office or the Telephone
  Support Center).  No warranty of any kind is given as to the
  completeness or accuracy of the information contained herein.
  If you want a better description of TRIM, I suggest that you
  inform DEC that you would like them to document it properly.

  You might also ask them to put back the functionality that was
  present in V2.0, because it now does considerably less than it
  used to do.  If you have the earlier version of TRIM (the .EXE
  file is 65 blocks versus 45 blocks) you may want to use it
  instead.
