HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 169)

Summary
Working With Larger Files
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Summary In this section you combined three files, which you created in previous
sections. You learned how to use the READ command to copy text from
another file to your current file’s scratchpad without having to open
another window.
When you combined the files, you had to learn new ways to find your way
around in a larger file. You moved around by scrolling the text, either by
lines or by pages. You jumped from the beginning of the file to the end and
back again using
SHIFT NEXT PAGE and SHIFT PREV PAGE . You also moved
around by locating specific text: You marked sections and positions, then
used the FORWARD and BACKWARD commands to find the sections or
the GOTOPOSITION command to find the positions.
Another way you located text was by asking for specific line numbers. You
already knew how to display column numbers with RULER; in this section
you learned to display line numbers with SHOWNUMBER. Then you
positioned the cursor in a specific line and column by giving the
DISPLAYLINE command followed by a line number and a column number.
You learned to copy or move large blocks of text as defined by the text
items REGION, SECTION, and WINDOW. You also used WRITE to copy
blocks of text to another file by specifying a range of line numbers.