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Introduction to Ranges
Range Summary
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Table 5-1. Range Summary (Page 3 of 3)
Range
What It
References How You Specify
The Range
Examples
Ordinal-range one or more lines of
contiguous text by one or more
integers, FIRST, or
LAST that specify
the order in which
a string or line†
appears in file F
120
8/L
Ordinal-range- one or more ordinal-
ranges by one or more
integers, FIRST, or
LAST that specify
the order in which
a string
or line† appears
in file 12
F 55/80
39/L
12 28 78
F/38 42/88
Range-specifier two or more lines or
groups of lines of
contiguous text by line number,
FIRST, LAST,
or *, (optionally
followed by a
signed number), by
beginning-line and
ending-line
(optionally followed
by a signed
number), and by
character string 1 5, “Shy”
1/5, 7/L-6
WORD “ab”, 6/L
† Only the GET command syntax accepts a reference to one or more lines in the ordinal-
range parameter; all other commands reference one or more locations (such as the first,
third, or tenth occurrence) of a string in a file when using the ordinal-range parameter.