Find

Purpose: FIND locates specified text and displays the lines containing the text at the terminal. The search is case sensitive.

Syntax

F/IND/ [/AND/ SIGNAL] \\ [line1 [:line2];] ALL\\ "string" [,n]

FIND	issued with no options searches the entire file for "string" and displays each line containing it.
/AND/ SIGNAL	rings the bell or beeps (Control G) every time a line containing the string is found.
line1	is the line to be searched or the first line of a range to be searched.
line2	is the last line in a range to be searched.
ALL	specifies that all existing lines are to be searched for the string, this is the default condition when no n is specified.
string	is the character(s) to be located. They are enclosed in delimiters. Acceptable delimiters are pairs of quotation marks (" "), number signs (# #), dollar signs ($ $), or slashes (/ /).
n	specifies the number of repetitions that are to be found.

Example

--FIND "SECTION"

00010  CONTROL SECTION

00040  DECLARE SECTION

00090  INITIAL SECTION

00130  HEADINGS SECTION

00180  DETAILS SECTION

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NOTES: Up to ten single lines or line ranges can be specified, separated by commas.

If n is specified without a line range, the search begins at the current line and continues until n occurrences of "string" have been found. If n is specified with one or more line ranges, the search begins at the first lines specified and continues until n occurrences of "string" have been found.