HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 232)

Column-Range Parameter
Range Summary
058061 Tandem Computers Incorporated 5–29
2. The command:
*LIST "seven" COL 15:22
7 I met a man with seven wives
8 Each wife had seven sacks
9 Each sack had seven cats
*
lists all lines that contain the string seven between columns 18 and 22.
3. The command:
*CHANGE 15:19 "thirteen" 8/9
8 Each wife had thirteen sacks
9 Each sack had thirteen cats
*
Note that EDIT accepts
a longer string here.
changes the characters in columns 15 through 19 of lines 8 and 9 to the
string thirteen.