HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 234)

Column-Range-List Parameter
Range Summary
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2. The command:
*LIST "r" COL FIRST 3:6 9
*
returns a prompt because EDIT could not find the string r in any of the
columns listed in the command line. But if you change line 23 to:
23 7, 8, lay them straighter
and add LAST to the column-range-list in the command line:
*LIST "r" COL FIRST 3:6 9 LAST
21 3, 4, close the door
23 7, 8, lay them straighter
*
The column-range
LAST is relative within
a specified line-range.
EDIT lists all lines that contain the string r in any of the column ranges
typed on the command line. In this case, EDIT found an r string in the
LAST column range of lines 21 and 23.