SEARCH - like find but the following have special meaning: X - EXCLUDE - Hides next N lines (or using XX hides the defined block.) The argument limits the range to the next N lines. TF - Text Flow - ie reformat the text to fill lines etc. TE - Text Entry - Gets rid of the left hand ' ' ' ' ' and line number columns giving a straight text entry screen. : Prefix to execute line command as a primary command on specified line PASTE name KEEP Pastes contents of clipboard to dataset (saves lines in clipboard) PASTE name Pastes contents of clipboard to dataset (deletes lines from clipboard) SORT n y Sort dataset based on contents of columns n through yĭELETES 'text' nn Deletes all lines with text string in column nnĬUT name Places marked lines in clipboard HEX OFF Reverts hex characters to stored format

HEX ON Displays hex characters in readable format RECOVERY ON Sets up edit dataset so that changes can be undoneĬAN / CANCEL Exits from dataset without saving any changes X 'text1' all nn Excludes (hides) all lines with text string in column nnįLIP Displays previously excluded lines, hides previously displayed lines X 'text1' all Excludes (hides) all lines with text string ISPF EDIT Macros - Primary Commands -IBM MainframesĬ 'text1' 'text2' Changes next occurrence of text stringĬ 'text1' 'text2' all Changes all occurrences of text stringĬ 'text1' 'text2' all nn Changes all occurrences of text string in column nnĬ 'text1' 'text2' all X Changes all occurrences of text string in excluded linesĬ 'text1' 'text2' all NX Changes all occurrences of text string in Non excluded linesĬ 'text1' 'text2' first Changes first occurrences of text stringĬ 'text1' 'text2' prev Changes previous occurrences of text stringĬ 'text1' 'text2' last Changes last occurrences of text string

Ispf editor line commands