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Destructive Line Shift Command

( [number-of-columns]
) [number-of-columns]
(( [number-of-columns] … ((
)) [number-of-columns] … ))

where:

number-of-columns—specifies the number of columns to shift. The default is 1.

( and )—specify that the line be shifted to the left or right one column.

(n and )n—specify that the line be shifted to the left or right n columns.

(( and ))—specify the first and last lines of a block to be shifted to the left or right one column.

((n and ))n—specify the first line of a block to be shifted to the left or right n columns. Use a (( or )) to mark the last line of the block.

Destructive line shift moves the text a specified number of columns to the right-) or left-(. When the shift causes text to exceed the bound position, that text is discarded.

For line shift examples, see the online documentation.