- Using IPCS primary commands
Enter
a primary command by typing it on the command/option line, which is
the second line of a display panel, or by pressing a PF key that is
defined for the specific command. When entering more than one parameter
for a command, use either a blank or a comma as a separator. When
entering more than one command, use a semicolon to separate the commands.
The
primary commands are:
- Command
- Function
- ASCII
- Display ISO-8 ASCII characters
- CANCEL
- End the BROWSE option
- CBFORMAT
- Format a control block
- DOWN
- Scroll data forward
- EBCDIC
- Display EBCDIC characters
- END
- End a subcommand or panel
- EQUATE
- Create a user_defined symbol
- FIND
- Search for a specified value
- IPCS
- Invoke an IPCS subcommand, CLIST, or REXX exec
- LEFT
- Scroll data left
- LOCATE
- Scroll the display to show specific data
- MORE
- Scroll data
- OPCODE
- Display mnemonic operation code
- RENUM
- Renumber symbol entries
- RESET
- Remove pending commands
- RETURN
- Display the IPCS Primary Option Menu
- RFIND
- Repeat the FIND command
- RIGHT
- Scroll data right
- SELECT
- Select a pointer to display storage
- SORT
- Sort an IPCS-generated report
- STACK
- Create an IPCS-defined symbol
- UP
- Scroll data backward
- WHERE
- Identify an area at a given address
- Using line commands
Enter a line command
by typing the command at the beginning of a line. Enter the first
character of the command in the first column, which is blank in a
report. The second through the sixth characters of a line command,
if needed, must be typed over the next 5 columns of report text shown
on the line. Because characters in the command may match characters
of report text, exercise care to ensure that IPCS recognizes the line
commands.
When entering line commands, do one of the following:
- End the line command with a delimiter character (either a blank
or a special character) that was not displayed in the report column
following the line command.
- Type the line command and press the ENTER key, leaving the cursor
under the character following the line command.
The line commands are:
- Command
- Function
- D
- Delete screen output
- E
- Edit a pointer
- F
- Format a defined control block
- I
- Insert a pointer
- R
- Repeat a pointer
- S
- Select a pointer to display storage
- S, F, or L
- Show excluded screen output
- X
- Exclude screen output
- Using the PF keys
Certain primary
commands can be invoked through the PF keys. The PF keys are listed
in the following task tables. Note that these PF key definitions can
be modified.
- Using ISPF primary commands
You can use ISPF primary
commands, such as CURSOR, HELP, SPLIT, and SWAP. See the z/OS ISPF Dialog Tag Language Guide and Reference for
these commands.