HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 209)

Introduction to Ranges
Range Summary
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Table 5-1. Range Summary (Page 1 of 3)
Range
What It
References How You Specify
The Range
Examples
Line-range one or more lines of
contiguous text by line number,
FIRST, LAST, or *,
optionally followed
by a signed
number, or by
beginning-number
and ending-
number, optionally
followed by a
signed number 10.2
6+23
FIRST
LAST-7
F/10.7
18/206
L-53/L-10
7/*+22
Line-range-list one or more
line-ranges by line number,
FIRST, LAST, or *,
optionally followed
by a signed
number, or by
beginning-number
and ending-
number, optionally
followed by a
signed number 8.3
8 10 12
F *+10/L
12.3/* 42
1/5 7/L-6
String-range one or more lines of
text with specified
string by character string
optionally qualified
by keywords NOT,
BOTH, WORD,
and PADDED “Phoenix”
WORD “ab”
COL 7:26 “out”