HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 213)

Line-Range Parameter
Range Summary
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LAST
is the last line in your file.
*
is the current line.
offset
is a whole number that EDIT uses to compute how many lines to
add to or subtract from line to arrive at the desired line.
Examples 1. When you specify a single line number as the range in an editor
command, the command affects just that line. If the current file is:
1.1 I'd be tender. I'd be gentle.
1.2 And awfully sentimental
1.3 Regarding love and art.
1.4 I'd be friends with the sparrows
1.5 And the boy who shoots the arrows
1.6 If I only had a heart.
then:
*LIST 1.4
1.4 I'd be friends with the sparrows
* Lists line 1.4