HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 238)

Ordinal-Range Parameter
Range Summary
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3. As the GET command can be used to move lines into your current file
from other files, the GET command accepts the ordinal-range parameter
to reference the ordinal positions of lines in a file rather than strings.
Suppose for the following example that the EDIT file named PIE
contains these lines:
12 Sing a song of sixpence
13.1 A pocket full of rye.
13.2 Four-and-twenty blackbirds
13.3 Baked in a pie.
14 When the pie was opened,
15 The birds began to sing.
16 Wasn't that a dainty dish
16.1 To set before the king!
The command:
*GET PIE NUM 5 TO 2
returns with this message:
LAST NEW LINE IS 2.1 <- 14
CURRENT FILE IS $WORK.POEMS.BIRD