!lm10
!rm76
A Selective Catalog from FID.........................Lee Meador

If you have DOS 3.3, you have no doubt enjoyed using the FID program to copy files from one disk to another.  The wildcard feature in filenames is especially nice, because it lets you set up a semi-automatic copy of a whole set of files, or even the whole disk.

Sometimes I am reluctant to let the wildcard name go through without prompting, because there might be a file or two I don't want copied which matches the specified name.  However, there are so many files involved that I really don't want to sit there and type "Y" for every one of them.  What we need is a "selective catalog" command -- a FID command to list all files names which match the wildcarded-name.

Here are some easy patches which you can apply to FID which will convert the VERIFY command to just what we want.
!lm15

]BLOAD FID                          load FID
]CALL -151                          get to Apple's monitor
*DBE:60                             return before verifying
*C10:EA EA EA                       no double spacing
*3D0G                               return to BASIC
]BSAVE FID/CATALOG,A$803,L$124E     save the new version
!lm10

Now if you BRUN FID/CATALOG you will see the normal FID menu.  Select option 8 (VERIFY), specify a slot and drive, and type a file name (preferably with the "=" wildcard in it).  Specify NO prompting.  When you "PRESS ANY OTHER KEY TO BEGIN" you will see a list of all files whose names match the filename you typed.

Someone else will have to figure out how to get the file type and size to print.
