Using the CAIPRINT Repository Viewer › Repository Viewer Commands › FIND › Parameters

Parameters

string

Lets you specify a 1- to 32-character text string (including quotes) that you can use as a search argument. If it contains blanks or commas, it must be enclosed in quotes.

P

Lets you locate the string by searching backward from the current cursor position.

Values:

P or PREV

F

Lets you locate the first occurrence of the string by searching forward from the top of the data.

Values:

F or FIRST

L

Lets you locate the last occurrence of the string by searching backward from the bottom of the data.

Values:

L or LAST

col1

Lets you specify a 1-origin column number in which the string must begin, or the 1-origin column number that begins the range of columns in which the entire string must be found.

col2

Lets you specify a 1-origin column number that ends the range of columns in which the entire string must be found.

Usage Notes:

• If the string is found, the cursor is positioned to the start of the string.
• If the string was found on a line or in a column that was not previously in view, the display is scrolled just enough to display the string.
• Use the RFIND command, or FIND without an argument, to repeat the previous search from the current cursor position.
• If the previous search reached the top or bottom of the file without successfully locating the search argument, a repeat find command starts searching from the other end of the display, but always in the same direction as the previous search.
• Following a successful FIND command using the FIRST or LAST options, RFIND can be used to locate the next or previous occurrence, respectively.
• Searching for non-displayable data is not supported.