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HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Introduction to Ranges

EDIT Command Summary

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Table 4-1. Common Ranges

Range

How You Specify the Range

Command Example

A single line

Line number

LIST 10

The first line

Keyword FIRST (F)

DELETE F

The last line

Keyword LAST (L)

FIX L

The current line

*

LIST *

Several separate lines

Line numbers separated by spaces

REPLACE 1 5 10 15

Beginning line and ending line

LIST 12.3/36

Consecutive lines

Keyword FIRST and a line number

LIST F/5 10/22

Keyword LAST and a line number

MOVE 2/L to 50

* and a line number

JOIN 3/* WIDTH 7

One or more lines
containing a character
string

Character string

BREAK AT “Jack”
CHANGE WORD
“is”was” ALL

One column

Column number

CHANGE 1 “ ” ALL

A group of columns

Rightmost and leftmost columns
separated by :

LIST “he” COL 3:30

Several
separatecolumns

Column numbers separated by
spaces

BREAK AT 5 20 35

All lines

Keyword ALL (A)

LIST A

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