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Destructive Line Shift Command

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

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.

See the online documentation for line shift examples.

number-of-columns

Specifies the number of columns to shift. The default is 1.

(
)

Specifies that the line be shifted to the left or right one column.

(n
)n

Specifies that the line be shifted to the left or right n columns.

((
))

Specifies the first and last lines of a block to be shifted to the left or right one column.

((n
))n

Specifies 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.