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ALL - select and display restricted set of lines

Syntax:
ALL [rtarget]

Description:
The ALL command allows for the selective display, and editting (subject to SET SCOPE ) of lines that match the specified target. This target consists of any number of individual targets seperated by '&' (logical and) or '|' (logical or).

For example, to display all lines in a file that contain the strings 'ball' and 'cat' on the same line or the named lines .fred or .bill, use the following command

ALL /ball/ & /cat/ | .fred | .bill

Logical operators act left to right, with no precedence for &.

rtarget can also be specified as a regular expression. The syntax of this is "Regexp /re/". eg ALL R /[0-9].*$/

ALL without any arguments, is the equivalent of setting the selection level of all lines in your file to 0 and running SET DISPLAY 0 0.

Compatibility:
XEDIT: Compatible.
KEDIT: Compatible.

See Also:
SET SCOPE, SET DISPLAY, SET SELECT

Status:
Complete.


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