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Pedro
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Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 2546 Location: Silicon Valley
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I got tired of typing my line commands repeatedly. So I submitted a request for enhancement to IBM. Please vote for this RFE. The more people that vote for it, the more likely that IBM will implement this.
Sometimes I issue a long TSO command as a line command on ISPF DSLIST. And then I would like to issue a variation of the command. I would like to issue a line command to retrieve, but not execute the previous line command. As a retrieve line command character, I propose that a question mark ('?') be used.
When I am using the ISPF data set list, I can issue a line command, such as:
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XMIT MVS8.BILL DSN(/) MEMBER(ABC, EFG) |
And after it is complete, I would like to issue a '?' line command which would retrieve the XMIT command and then allow me to type over part of it and issue it again.
If the ? line command is issued on multiple lines, they would all retrieve the same previous line command and allow me to modify each line to issue a new command.
Please vote for this RFE here:
www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=78492
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prino
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Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 1306 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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It's already there, you can type '=' and follow that by page up or page down... |
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Pete Wilson
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Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 580 Location: London
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If you put an ampersand in front of a command on the command line it holds it there after you've entered it so you can overtype the parts you want.
&XMIT MVS8.BILL DSN(/) MEMBER(ABC, EFG) |
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prino
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Pete Wilson wrote: |
If you put an ampersand in front of a command on the command line it holds it there after you've entered it so you can overtype the parts you want.
&XMIT MVS8.BILL DSN(/) MEMBER(ABC, EFG) |
Pedro is talking about line commands on the ISPF 3.4 panel, however, for consistency with the normal command-line, this would be a nice idea! |
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prino
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I voted for it, but added a comment that may make implementation less likely... |
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Pedro
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Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 2546 Location: Silicon Valley
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you can type '=' and follow that by page up or page down... |
Thanks Robert, I did not know you could do that. |
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prino
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Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 1306 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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Pedro wrote: |
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you can type '=' and follow that by page up or page down... |
Thanks Robert, I did not know you could do that. |
It's not documented. You can enter "=" to repeat a line command, but very few people seem to know that the repetition also works after all line-commands have been processed. The PgUp/PgDn just redisplays the command, if you were to enter '=' followed by "enter" the command would be directly executed. |
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