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 the
 SHOW WILDCARDS command.

 Steps:

    1.  Use the WILDCARD FIND command, or if the GOLD key is set,
        press GOLD-FIND the mini keypad.

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

 Examples (mainly VMS-style wildcards):

    b%t           Finds a B or b, followed by any single character and a T
                  or t, as in "batter," "bite," "butter," "rabbit," and
                  "robot." The percent sign (%) matches any single
                  character on a line.  The Ultrix equivalent is the period
                  (for example, b.t).

    b*t           Finds a B or b, followed by any number of characters and
                  a T or t, as in "blast," "bright," "be true," and
                  "by the" -- or the strings found by b%t.  An asterisk (*)
                  matches any number of characters on a line.

    b\[aeiou]t    Finds a B or b, followed by a vowel and a T or t, as in
                  "batch," "better," "rabbit," "robot," and "butter." The
                  backslash and square brackets match any character in the
                  bracketed set.  The Ultrix equivalent is the square
                  brackets only (for example, b[aeiou]t).

    August**31    Finds "August 31" separated by any amount of text or
                  whitespace (tabs, spaces, line breaks).  Two asterisks
                  (**) match any number of characters crossing line breaks.

    August\>31    Finds "August" at the end of a line followed by "31" at
                  the start of the next line.  A backslash and right angle
                  bracket (\>) match end-of-line; backslash and left angle
                  bracket (\<) match start-of-line.  The Ultrix equivalents
                  are the dollar sign and caret respectively (for example,
                  August$31).

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

 o  If the pattern is found in the opposite direction, EVE asks if you want
    go there:  If you want to go there, simply press RETURN; otherwise,
    type No and press RETURN.

 o  EVE highlights the found text with the cursor at the beginning of the
    string.  If there is no text selected, you can perform operations on
    the found range as on a select range:

       Change case ..... such as LOWERCASE WORD or the EDT Chngcase key
       Edit ............ such as COPY, REMOVE, or the EDT Append key
       Reformat ........ with FILL or FILL RANGE
       Substitute ...... such as the EDT Subs key or WPS Replace key
       OPEN SELECTED ... if you found a file name

 o  To cancel the highlighting, move off the found range or use RESET.

 o  To find another occurrence of the same string, use the FIND NEXT
    command or press the FIND key twice.

 o  With VMS wildcards, using \L (for lowercase) or \U (for uppercase)
    makes the search case-sensitive.  Otherwise, case sensitivity is the
    same as with the FIND command.

 o  If you press a key defined as WILDCARD FIND or type the command and let
    EVE prompt you for the search string, you can terminate the command by
    pressing a direction-setting key to begin searching in that direction.
    For example, with the EDT keypad, you can press FORWARD (KP4) or
    REVERSE (KP5).  If you terminate the command by pressing RETURN, the
    search starts in the current direction of the buffer.

 Related topics:

    FIND NEXT    SET WILDCARD ULTRIX    SET WILDCARD VMS    SHOW WILDCARDS