HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 164)

NUMBER Command
EDIT Command Summary
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Examples 1. The command:
*NUMBER ALL
*
renumbers the entire current text file. The first line is assigned line
number 1 and the increment between lines is 1.
2. The command:
*NUMBER 20/30
*
renumbers lines 20 through 30 in place. The line-to-line numbering
assigns even increments to the new line numbers even if there are more
than 11 lines in the range.
3. The command:
*NUMBER ALL TO 1 BY 2
*
renumbers the entire current text file. The first line is given line number
1, the second line is given line number 3, the third is given line number
5 (that is, odd-numbered line numbers).