EVE WILDCARD_FIND — VMS 5.0

 WILDCARD FIND

 Searches for a pattern of text by using wildcards, and highlights the
 found text.  You can use ULTRIX-style or VMS-style wildcards.  (The
 examples below are mainly for VMS, which is the default.) For a list of
 wildcards, use SHOW WILDCARD.

 Steps:

    1.  Use WILDCARD FIND or press GOLD/FIND (on the mini keypad).

    2.  Type the pattern you want to find.  (See examples below).

    3.  Press RETURN to begin searching in the current direction of the
        buffer, or press a direction-setting key (same as with on FIND).

    4.  To find another occurrence of the same string, press FIND twice.

 Examples (mainly VMS-style wildcards):

    b%t              Finds strings like "batch," "between," "both," "but,"
                     "rabbit," or "robot." A percent sign (%) matches any
                     single character on a line.

    b*t              Finds strings like "best," "blast," "butter" -- or the
                     strings found by b%t.  An asterisk (*) matches any
                     number of characters within a line.

    b.t              The equivalent ULTRIX form of b%t (as shown above).  A
                     period matches a single character within a line.

    Mark\>\<Twain    Finds "Mark Twain" split by a line break.  A backslash
                     and right angle bracket (\>) match the end of a line;
                     backslash and left angle bracket (\<) match the start
                     of a line.

    Mark**Twain      Finds "Mark Twain" separated by any amount of text --
                     tabs, spaces, a line break, or other text characters.

    1\D\%            Finds "12%" or "10%." A backslash and D match any
                     decimal digit; a backslash and percent (\%) match an
                     actual percent sign.

 EVE highlights the found text, with the cursor at the beginning of the
 string.  Commands such as FILL, REMOVE, STORE TEXT, and UPPERCASE WORD
 then work on the highlighted text as on a select range.  (See help on
 SELECT.) To cancel the highlighting, move off the found text or use RESET.

 Use a lowercase string to search for any matching pattern; use mixed case
 or uppercase to find an exact match -- the same as with FIND.  With VMS
 wildcards, using \L (for lowercase) or \U (for uppercase) makes the entire
 search case-sensitive.

 Related topics:

    FIND   SET WILDCARD ULTRIX   SET WILDCARD VMS   SHOW WILDCARD
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EVE WILDCARD_FIND — VMS 5.0
