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• Check the man pages for fgetc(), fputc(), fgets(), and fputs() to determine what they do. You may also consult the Using Strings page.

• Take a look at the file-copy program in the File Access.

The Megiser Dictionary Sample file consists of newline-terminated records. Each record consists of six (6) fields which are separated by tab characters (\t). The second through the fifth fields are from Megiser's 4-language dictionary from 1744. The languages represented are, in order, German, Latin, Slovenian and Italian. The first field is my English translation. The last is my modernization of the spelling of the Slovenian. The data has been simplified by eliminating accents so that you can cat the file.

You may want to have a look at the actual data using the proper characters at my web site.

You can also view the hexadecimal codes using a program I wrote. Right-click on the following link to download my hexdump program. Save it in the bin directory in your home directory.

You are to write two programs.

1. The first program is to have the following characteristics:
   • You must use fgets() and fputs().
   • The program is to read in the file, record by record, and create a new file named Megfile.no6 which lacks the last field and the last tab character.
2. The first program is to have the following characteristics:
   • You must use fgetc() and fputc().
   • The program is to read in the file, character by character, and create a new file named Megfile.no3 which lacks the third field and one of its field separators.