ISPF Editor Cheatsheet

The following commands can be issued in the line number column (just type over the line numbers).

Commands

There are two different ways to issue a command:

command field for general commands
line command, which is entered over the line numbers

Commands

command	explanation
`res`	reset
`col`	display column
`caps on/off`	capitalize
`save`	save data set
`sub`	submit job
`hi`	bring up highlighting dialoge

Line Commands

command	explanation
`i`	insert line
`o`	overwrite line (from previously copied or moved line)
`a`	insert above (from previously copied or moved line)
`b`	insert below (from previously copied or moved line)
`c`	copy line
`r`	repeat line
`m`	move line
`x`	exclude/hide line (hide line for the current editor session)
`f`	unhide line
`(`	shift line to left
`)`	shift line to right
`<`	shift line to left, but respecting the mask
`>`	shift line to right, but respecting the mask
`uc`	make uppercase, block command is `ucc`
`lc`	make lowercase, block command is `lcc`
`mask`	set mask (using < character as start and > as end point)
`bounds`	display current bounds

Modifiers

repeat: COMMAND#, for example i10 to insert 10 lines
before/after: adding a or b to apply the command before or after the current line
block alteration: COMMANDCOMMAND to start the block and COMMANDCOMMAND to end the block, for example cc to start the block to copy and cc to end it.