ISPF Editor
Summary
ISPF Editor Command Summary
Use F1 (Help) to get details and examples of using Primary and Line commands
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insert/Delete/Repeat | i | d | r | ||
| Copy/Move/After/Before/Overlay | c | m | a | b | o |
| Shifting Lines Right/Left | ) | ( | > | < | |
| Exclude/Show Lines | x | f | l | s | |
| Text Handing | te | tf | ts | lc | |
| Miscellaneous | bnds | cols | mask | tabs | uc |
| Data | md | hx |
| Description | Single | Multiple | Block | Dependency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insert | i | i# | ||
| Delete | d | d# | dd | |
| Repeat | r | r# | rr | |
| Copy | c | c# | cc | (b)efore or (a)fter |
| Move | m | m# | mm | (b)efore or (a)fter |
| Overlay | o | o# | oo | (b)efore or (a)fter |
| Shift Left | ( | (# | (( | |
| Shift Right | ) | )# | )) | |
| After | a | |||
| Before | b |
| 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 |
| Description | Line Ranges |
|---|---|
| unique .string | .a |
| unique .string | .b |
| c abc 123 .a .b all |
| 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 |