ISPF Editor Command Summary
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Edit Session Profile
| Description | Setting |
|---|
| recovery |
on/off |
| number |
on/off |
| caps |
on/off |
| hex |
on/off |
| nulls |
on/off |
| tabs |
on/off |
| note |
on/off |
| autonum |
on/off |
| autolist |
on/off |
| stats |
on/off |
| autosave |
on/off |
| pack |
on/off |
| reset |
reset the edit display |
| hilite |
color reserve words |
| undo |
reverse last change |
Basic Primary Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|
| save |
save the data without ending the edit session |
| cancel |
cancel edit without saving the data |
| find |
find a specified character string |
| change |
find and change a specified character string |
| exclude |
exclude lines that contain a specified character string |
| locate |
display a particular line in the data |
| sort |
sort by specified fields |
| create |
create a new member of a partitioned data set |
| replace |
replace a member or an entire sequential data set |
| copy |
copy data from a member or sequential data set |
| move |
move (copy and delete) a member or sequential data set |
| compare |
display differences between data sets |
| submit |
submit edit JCL as a job stream for background execution |
Basic Line Commands
| Description |
|---|
| Insert/Delete/Repeat |
i |
d |
r |
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| Copy/Move/After/Before/Overlay |
c |
m |
a |
b |
o |
| Shifting Lines Right/Left |
) |
( |
> |
< |
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| Exclude/Show Lines |
x |
f |
l |
s |
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| Text Handing |
te |
tf |
ts |
lc |
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| Miscellaneous |
bnds |
cols |
mask |
tabs |
uc |
| Data |
md |
hx |
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Line Operations for Multiple Lines or Block of Lines
| Description | Single | Multiple | Block | Dependency |
|---|
| Insert |
i |
i# |
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| Delete |
d |
d# |
dd |
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| Repeat |
r |
r# |
rr |
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| Copy |
c |
c# |
cc |
(b)efore or (a)fter |
| Move |
m |
m# |
mm |
(b)efore or (a)fter |
| After |
a |
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| Before |
b |
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Line Text Handling
| Description | Line Commands |
|---|
| format screen for power typing text paragraphs |
te |
| flow text to the end of a paragraph |
tf |
| split a text line at the cursor to allow insertion |
ts |
| change text from uppercase to lowercase |
lc |
| change text from lowercase to uppercase |
uc |
Basic Primary Commands
| Description | Line Ranges |
|---|
| unique .string |
.a |
| unique .string |
.b |
| c abc 123 .a .b all |
Line Miscellaneous
| Description | Line Commands |
|---|
| display and allow changes to the current bounds |
bnds |
| display formatted line for identifying display columns |
cols |
| display and allow changes to the current mask |
mask |
| display and allow changes to the current tabs line |
tabs |
