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  14.6 File and Record Operations
  You can perform a variety of operations on files and on the
  records within a file. The following is a list of all the file and
  record operations supported by BASIC:

  .
        Open a file for processing with the OPEN statement
  .
        Locate a record in a file with the FIND statement
  .
        Read a record from a file with the GET statement
  .
        Write a record to a file with the PUT statement
  .
        Delete a record from a file with the DELETE statement
  .
        Change the contents of a record field with the UPDATE
        statement
  .
        Unlock the last record accessed with the UNLOCK
        statement
  .
        Unlock all previously locked records with the FREE
        statement
  .
        Write data to a terminal-format file with the PRINT #
        statement
  .
        Reset the current record pointer to the beginning of a file
        with the RESTORE # and RESET # statements
  .
        Delete all the records after a certain point; that is, trun-
        cate the records, with the SCRATCH statement
  .
        Rename a file with the NAME AS statement
  .
        Close an open file with the CLOSE statement
  .
        Delete an entire file with the KILL statement

  Note that before you can perform any operations on the
  records in a file, you must first open the file for processing.