HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 165)

NUMBER Command
EDIT Command Summary
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4. If you specify TO line-num but do not specify a BY parameter, EDIT
chooses an increment (that is, 1, .1, .01, or .001) that either has the same
number of digits as the fractional part in the line number or is less than
the difference between the TO
line-num and the next existing line
number. For example, entering the command:
*NUMBER 100/110 TO 100.00
*
renumbers lines 100 through 110; the first line is given line number 100,
the second line is given line number 100.01, the third is given 100.02,
and so on.
5. To create room in the file, you can renumber the file from a particular
text line to the end of the file to create room in your file to insert text.
For example, if your file is numbered sequentially in whole numbers
from 1 to 100, the command:
*NUMBER 50/LAST TO 100
renumbers lines 50/100 to 100/150, thus creating a gap in the middle of
your file. See also “Renumbering to Add More Lines” in Section 3.