HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 215)

Line-Range Parameter
Range Summary
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4. If the current EDIT file is:
3 The itsy bitsy spider
4 Went up the water spout.
5 Down came the rain
6 And washed the spider out.
6.1 Out came the sun
6.2 And dried up all the rain.
7 Then the itsy bitsy spider
8 Went up the spout again.
then the commands in the following example cause EDIT to respond in
this sequence:
The first command lists the block of text bound by line number 6
and line number 7, which is the current line.
The next command is invalid because beginning-line (7) is higher
than ending-line (3).
The next command lists the block of text bound by the first line and
the third line before the current line (7).
This next command lists the block of text bound by the current line
(6) and the last line.
The last command lists line number 6.1.