HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 105)

BREAK Command
EDIT Command Summary
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Examples For the following examples, lines 45 and 46 of the current EDIT file are:
45 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.
46 Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water,
BREAK Command With No AT Parameter
1. The command:
*BREAK 45
lists line number 45:
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.
and waits for you to mark the breaks. Type any nonblank character
under each J to turn one line into three lines, each of which starts with
the word Jack:
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.
z z z
EDIT lists the three lines:
45 Jack be nimble,
45.1 Jack be quick,
45.2 Jack jump over the candlestick.
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