Limiting the search to excluded or non-excluded lines

You can limit the lines to be searched by first using the X or NX operands:

X: Scan only lines that are excluded from the display.
NX: Scan only lines that are not excluded from the display.

If you omit these operands, both excluded and non-excluded lines are searched. When you issue a FIND or CHANGE command that includes searching excluded lines, all lines found are displayed. EXCLUDE can also find labels assigned to excluded lines.