HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 236)

Ordinal-Range Parameter
Range Summary
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FIRST
is the first position of a string or line in the file.
LAST
is the last position of a string or line in the file.
Note The GET command syntax is the exception to the rule that the ordinal-range parameter is
always used as an option of the string-range parameter. In the GET command syntax, you
use the ordinal-range parameter to reference one or more lines in a file instead of one or
more locations of a string. The ordinal-range parameter, however, when used with the GET
command, still requires the keyword NUM.