HP 3000 Manuals HP 3000 Manuals
Find Previous .
Purpose
Searches backward for the previous period.
Default Syntax
[n] ESC .
where n is a count that represents the nth occurrence of a previous
period from the current cursor location. The default value of n is 1.
Description
This command causes HP EDIT to search backward in the file until it finds
the previous period or the nth previous period indicated by the count.
When HP EDIT finds the previous or specified period, it moves the cursor
to that location and highlights it. If HP EDIT cannot find a period, it
sounds the terminal bell and displays Not found on the message line.
Procedure
To find the previous period:
1. Press ESC, then press the . key. HP EDIT moves the cursor to the
previous period and highlights it.
To find a period further away than the previous occurrence:
1. Type a count representing the number of periods you want the
cursor to move.
2. Press ESC, then press the . key. HP EDIT moves the cursor the
number of specified periods and highlights the nth previous
period.
[REV BEG]
To find a period within a block:
1. Select the block of text you want to search in.
2. Either press the ESC and . key, or type a count, then the ESC and
. key.
[REV END]
Related Commands
[REV BEG]
Find All Ocurrences [REV END]
Find Blank Space
Find Character
Find Matching Delimiter
Find Previous Blank Space
Find Previous Character
Find .