L—Show the Last Line(s)

The L (show last line) line command redisplays one or more lines at the end of a block of excluded lines. See Redisplaying excluded lines for more information about excluding lines.

Syntax


>>-L--+---+----------------------------------------------------><
      '-n-'

n: The number of lines to be redisplayed. If you do not type a number, or if the number you type is 1, only one line is redisplayed.

Description

To redisplay the last line or lines of a block of excluded lines:

Type L in the line command field next to the dashed line that shows where lines have been excluded. The message in the dashed line tells you how many lines are excluded. If you want to redisplay more than one line, type a number greater than 1 after the L command.
Press Enter. The last line or lines are redisplayed.

Examples

Figure 1 shows how to redisplay the last three excluded lines. To redisplay the last three lines, type L3 in the line command field of the excluded lines.

Figure 1. Before the L (Show Last Line) line command

When you press Enter, the editor redisplays the last three lines. See Figure 2.

Note: Excluded lines do not need to be displayed again before saving the data. The excluded lines message line is never saved.

Figure 2. After the L (Show Last Line) line command