HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 221)

String-Range Parameter
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String-Range
Parameter
The string-range parameter is a character string, accompanied by optional
keywords, that references one or more lines in an EDIT file.
Syntax of the String-Range
Parameter
string-range: is the following
[ string-option ] "string"
[ COL column-range-list ]
[ NUM ordinal-range-list ]
string-option: is the following
[ NOT ]
[ BOTH ]
[ WORD ]
[ PADDED ]
NOT
instructs EDIT command to find the lines in the EDIT file that do
not contain the character string string. If you omit NOT (and are not
using COL or NUM keywords), EDIT finds all the lines that contain
string.