Basic ISPF commands
ISREDIT commands can be classified into “line commands” and “command line commands”. Figure 1 shows the line command area.
Figure 2 shows the command line commands area
The following presentation walks you through the basic ISPF editor line commands and command line commands.
Demo on ISPF line commands
Demo on ISPF command line commands
Basic Line Commands
IÂ – Insert a new line
A – Execute the current command after the current line
B – Execute the current command before the current line
C – Copy the current line
M – Move the current line
R – Repeats the current line
D – Deletes the current line
X – Excludes the current line from display
L – Shows the last excluded line
( – Shift column to left
) – Shift column to right
LC- Changes line to lowercase
UC – Changes line to upper case
COLS – Shows column numbers
Executing commands n number of times ( C, M, R, D can be used)
Cn (where n=1,2 etc) – Copies n number of lines
Executing commands in block (C, M, R, D can be used)
MM – Move the block marked between two MM
Command line commands
Find “string” – Find a string
CHANGE str1 str2 – Changes a string from one value to another
CUT – Cuts the lines to clipboard
CUT abc – Cuts the lines to clipboard name abc, you can specify your own clipboard
PASTE – Paste the line at destination
LOCATE linenum – Locate a line number
HEX ON/OFF – Toggles Hexadecimal display