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diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..829676ff9833 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +<start> and <end> can take one of these forms: + +- number ++ +If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an +absolute line number (lines count from 1). ++ + +- /regex/ ++ +This form will use the first line matching the given +POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of +the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file. +If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file. +If <end> is a regex, it will search +starting at the line given by <start>. ++ + +- +offset or -offset ++ +This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number +of lines before or after the line given by <start>. + ++ +If ``:<funcname>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it is a +regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line +that matches <funcname>, up to the next funcname line. ``:<funcname>'' +searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise +from the start of file. ``^:<funcname>'' searches from the start of +file. |