PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

Ranges
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When you use column-range in the REPLACE and SEARCH commands, you
can enter it as follows:
column-range
column [ : column ]
is one or more columns that you indicate with numbers, alpha letters,
or a symbol. You use the “:” colon to separate the beginning and
ending points of the range, for example, F:20 or 12:200. The column on
the left of the colon must be less than or equal to the column on the
right.




















column-number
FIRST | F
LEFT | LE
RIGHT | RI
*






[+|-] offset
LAST |LA
END |E
column-number
is a column number between 1 and 239 (for example, 23, 132, 211,
and so on).
LAST
is the last nonblank column of a line.
END
is the next column after the LAST column of a line.