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   /[NO]RECORD_END

   PEEK/FORMAT tries to intelligently cope with log files which
   have overly-long lines which have been arbitrary split into
   more than one log-file record. This is most commonly
   encountered with Kermit log files, as covered in the
   PEEK Commands FORMAT Subtopic: Overview.

   The FORMAT /RECORD_END qualifier specifies that newlines
   should be inserted between records in the input file.

   This is the default for all input files, except those with
   variable-length, maximum 256-byte records and CR carriage-
   control. Kermit log files have this latter file format. For
   such files only, the default is /NORECORD_END.

   Specifying /NORECORD_END directs the FORMAT command not to
   insert a newline between records if the previous line ends at
   or before the screen's right margin.

   This commonly has the effect of concatenating all records in
   the input file into one continuous stream of input characters,
   without the FORMAT command adding any newlines.

   The presumption here is that the log-file contains in it the
   needed carriage-control characters, and none need to be added
   at the end of each log-file record.
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