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ISPF Editor Cheatsheet

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ISPF Editor Cheatsheet

The following commands can be issued in the line number column (just type over the line numbers).

Commands

There are two different ways to issue a command:

• command field for general commands
• line command, which is entered over the line numbers

Commands

command	explanation
res	reset
col	display column
caps on/off	capitalize
save	save data set
sub	submit job
hi	bring up highlighting dialoge

Line Commands

command	explanation
i	insert line
o	overwrite line (from previously copied or moved line)
a	insert above (from previously copied or moved line)
b	insert below (from previously copied or moved line)
c	copy line
r	repeat line
m	move line
x	exclude/hide line (hide line for the current editor session)
f	unhide line
(	shift line to left
)	shift line to right
<	shift line to left, but respecting the mask
>	shift line to right, but respecting the mask
uc	make uppercase, block command is ucc
lc	make lowercase, block command is lcc
mask	set mask (using < character as start and > as end point)
bounds	display current bounds

Modifiers

• repeat: COMMAND#, for example i10 to insert 10 lines
• before/after: adding a or b to apply the command before or after the current line
• block alteration: COMMANDCOMMAND to start the block and COMMANDCOMMAND to end the block, for example cc to start the block to copy and cc to end it.