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HP Search/XL User's Guide

Starting HP Search 

At the MPE prompt, run HP Search by using the RUN command:

     :RUN HPSEARCH.PUB.SYS 

or the implied RUN command:

     :HPSEARCH 

HP Search prompts you for files to search and then for patterns to search
for.  Specify only one file or pattern per line and then press Return.
You can only specify 16 patterns per search.  For both files and
patterns, you are prompted for more parameters until you press Return by
itself:

     File> filename 
     File> filename 
     :
     File> Return 

     Pattern> pattern 
     :
     Pattern> Return 

     <Search Begins>

Another way to specify your search is to include the file and pattern
parameters as part of the INFO string on the HP Search command line.
These parameters must be delimited by either a comma or a space.  On the
command line, every parameter between HPSEARCH and FOR is treated as a
filename specifier.  Every parameter after FOR is treated as a pattern
specifier (unless you specify HP Search options on the command line.  See
"Specifying Options" in this chapter, or "Option Parameters" in Chapter
3.)  The following shows an example using the implied RUN command:

     :HPSEARCH "file1 file2 FOR pattern1 pattern2" 

     <Search Begins>

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