PDF Edit and View commands
Primary commands
While you are using the PDF editor to edit or view data, these commands can be entered on the command line.
- 1 If you don't specify the group of lines using labels, you must specify the group by using C or M line commands.
- 1 If you don't specify the position using a label, you must specify the position by using an A or B line command.
- 1 STD is the default for non-COBOL data set types. COBOL is the default for COBOL data set types.
- 1 STD is the default for non-COBOL data set types. COBOL is the default for COBOL data set types.
- 1 If you don't specify the group of lines using labels, you must specify the group by using C or M line commands.
Line commands
- The shift commands, which default to 2 column positions
- The TE command, which defaults to the number of lines remaining on the screen
- The TF command, which defaults to the current right boundary.
Shifts columns left the specified number of positions
Shifts columns right the specified number of positions
Shifts data left the specified number of positions (default 2).
Shifts data right the specified number of positions (default 2).
Identifies the line after which copied, moved, or model lines are to be inserted.
Identifies the line before which copied, moved, or model lines are to be inserted.
Displays the column boundary definition line.
Copies one or more lines from one location to another.
Displays a position identification line.
Deletes one or more lines.
Redisplays one or more lines at the beginning of a block of excluded lines.
Displays characters in hexadecimal format.
Inserts a blank data entry line.
Redisplays one or more lines at the end of a block of excluded lines.
Converts all uppercase alphabetic characters in one or more lines to lowercase.
Moves one or more lines from one location to another.
Displays the contents of the mask when used with the I (insert), TE (text entry), and TS (text split) line commands.
Makes NOTE, MSG, INFO, and COLS lines into data lines.
Rearranges a single column list of items into multiple column, or tabular, format.
Repeats one or more lines.
Redisplays one or more lines with the leftmost indentation in a block of excluded lines.
Displays the tab definition line.
Inserts blank lines to allow power typing for text entry.
Restructures paragraphs following deletions, insertions, splitting, and so forth.
Divides a line so that data can be added.
Converts all lowercase alphabetic characters in one or more lines to uppercase.
Excludes one or more lines from a panel.
Picture search strings – special characters for string-1:
| String | Character |
|---|---|
P'=' |
Any character |
P'¬' |
Any character that is not a blank |
P'.' |
Any character that cannot be displayed |
P'#' |
Any numeric character, 0-9 |
P'-' |
Any nonnumeric character |
P'@' |
Any alphabetic character, uppercase or lowercase |
P'<' |
Any lowercase alphabetic character |
P'>' |
Any uppercase alphabetic character |
P'$' |
Any special character, neither alphabetic nor numeric. |
If you are using an APL or TEXT keyboard, you can use the following additional characters in a picture string:
| String | Character |
|---|---|
P'
 ' |
Any APL-specific or TEXT-specific character |
P'_' |
Any underscored nonblank character. |
Picture search strings – special characters for string-2
| String | Character |
|---|---|
P'=' |
Equal to the corresponding character in string-1 |
P'>' |
Converts the corresponding character in string-1 to uppercase |
P'<' |
Converts corresponding character in string-1 to lowercase. |
Character search string format
| String | Character |
|---|---|
| Simple string: | cccccc (no embedded blanks or commas) |
| Delimited string: | 'ccccc' or "ccccc" |
| Hex string: | X'hhhh' or 'hhhh'X |
| Text string: | T'cccc' or 'cccc'T |
| Picture string: | P'ssss' or 'ssss'P |
| Character string: | C'cccc' or 'cccc'C |
| Previous string: | * (single asterisk) |