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HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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MOVE Command

EDIT Command Summary

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MOVE Command

The MOVE command moves or copies text lines from one location to
another location in the current file.

What to Enter

MOVE [ QUIET ] { line-range TO

line }

[ BY

line ] [, { line }

[ BY

line ] ] ...

[ COPY ]

QUIET

tells the EDIT program not to list lines as they are

COPY

tells the EDIT program to move a copy of the original text one or more
destinations. (See Example 2, following.) If you omit COPY, EDIT
deletes the original text when it moves it to its new destination.

line-range

references one or more contiguous lines in an EDIT file. Turn to “Line-
Range Parameter” in Section 5 for a full explanation of this range.

TO

specifies the destination location for the move operation.

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