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				FIND

Find is a system command.  It has  the following legal form (brackets
denote optional things):

	FIND [EXACTLY] key [IN [file]]

If  file=PHONE,  or  is omitted  entirely,  the  A.I.  Project  Phone
Directory is read.  Otherwise, the specified file is read.

If a  key contains any spaces or tabs, it  must be separated from the
file  name  (if  present)  with  the  word  "IN",  or   delimited  by
"-characters or the quote pair `...'.   A ` or ' character may appear
in  the former, and a "  may appear in the latter.   If the number of
spaces and  tabs in  the key is  significant (in  EXACTLY mode),  the
quoted form should be used.

The file is logically  divided into paragraphs.  A paragraph consists
of twenty or fewer consecutive non-blank lines on one page.

FIND searches  the file  for paragraphs  that contain  the key.  Each
paragraph containing the key is a "HIT" and is  typed out.  Also, the
hits are counted and the count is printed at the end.

The EXACTLY  qualification causes FIND to search  for an Exact Match.
Otherwise it performs a  Template Match. A Template Match  recognizes
two  special symbols  in  the  key: Space  (one  or more  consecutive
spaces) and  Triple-Dot (three or more consecutive dots).  A Space in
the  key  matches zero  or  more  spaces,  tabs,  and  CRLFs  in  the
Paragraph.   A Triple Dot in  the key matches zero  or more arbitrary
characters in the Paragraph. Furthermore, in a Template Match,  upper
and lower case letters  are equated.  The EXACTLY  search is somewhat
quicker.

Examples:

	.FIND john...lathrop<cr>

	*Prof.	John	McCarthy	JMC 300	2	John
	*45	4430	MTC*/RT*	P
	*(9) 321-7580	846 Lathrop Dr.	Stanford

	1 HIT ON KEY = john...lathrop
	.

	.FIND EXACTLY JMC
	.FIND MCCARTHY
	.FIND TARGET IN COMLIN.FAI
	.FIND "TEMPLATE ... TARGET" COMLIN.FAI
	.FIND TARGET BYTE IN COMLIN.FAI
	.FIND LOMA VERDE