HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 246)

Range-Specifier Parameter
Range Summary
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You can use the column-range-list independently and also as an option
within the string-range-list parameter. When you use a column-range
by specifying a left column number and a right column number, the
right column number must be equal to or greater than the left column
number (for example, 5:5 is valid, FIRST:LAST is valid, 15:7 is not
valid). If you only specify a left column number, string must begin in
that column; if you specify a left and right column number, string must
be within the boundaries of the column.
If you want to pinpoint a column number (for example, if you need to
determine the column where a particular string begins within a file),
use the LIST COL command with a line range. LIST COL tells EDIT to
list a column number template above each displayed line. (See the LIST
command in Section 4 for more information.)
Examples The current EDIT file for the following examples is:
11 Tom, Tom
12 The piper's son
13 Stole a pig
14 And away he run.
15 The pig was eat
16 And Tom was beat,
17 And Tom went crying
18 Down the street.
19 Tom, Tom
20 The piper's son
21 He learned to play
22 When he was young;
23 But all the tunes
24 That he could play
25 Was "Over the hills
26 And far away."