SYNTAX

Position [window1] [window2]… [-c | -l]

DESCRIPTION

The Position command displays the position of the selected text in one or more windows.

The position is normally displayed as both the line number of the start of the selection and the character offsets of the start and end of the selection. In determining the offsets, Position considers the beginning of the file to be 0 and counts each carriage return as an invisible character.

INPUT

None

OUTPUT

Standard output.

ALIAS RESOLUTION

Resolves Finder aliases that are part of a partial or complete pathname substituted for the window name. The resolved pathname must specify the name of an open window. Note that using a Shell variable to designate a window is usually faster than requiring MPW to resolve a Finder alias.

STATUS

Position can return the following status codes:

PARAMETERS

window1 [window2]…

Specifies one or more windows in which the selection can be found. The target window is the default.

OPTIONS

-c

Displays only the character positions of the start and end of the selection.

-l

Displays only the line number of the start of the selection.

EXAMPLES

The command line

Position "{Target}" file2

displays the position of the selection in both the Target and file2 in the following form:

578    23129,23140
211    8440,8440

SEE ALSO

Find