Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Address Symbols

Symbol	Meaning
1,$	All lines in the file.
x,y	Lines x through y.
x;y	Lines x through y, with current line reset to x.
0	Top of file.
.	Current line.
num	Absolute line number num.
$	Last line.
%	All lines; same as 1,$.
x-n	n lines before x.
x+n	n lines after x.
-[num]	One or num lines previous.
+[num]	One or num lines ahead.
'x	Line marked with x.
"	Previous mark.
/pattern/	Forward to line matching pattern.
?pattern?	Backward to line matching pattern.

See Chapter 7 for more information on using patterns.