MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual (32650-90908)

Chapter 7
EDIT/3000
Operation
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Below is a summary of commands you may use with EDIT/3000.
Table 7-1 EDIT/3000 Commands
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
ADD Enters text into the WORK file from the standard input device and/or from
the HOLD file.
BEGIN Used as the first expression in a BEGIN-END pair.
CHANGE Changes existing contents of the WORK file.
COPY Copies text from one location to another in the WORK file.
DELETE Deletes characters and/or lines from the WORK file.
END Terminates EDIT/3000 operation. Or, when used with a matching BEGIN
command, terminates a BEGIN-END pair.
FIND Finds a specific position or a character string in the WORK file.
GATHER Moves portions of text from one location to another in the WORK file and
renumbers the lines. (The text is deleted from its original location.) Also can
be used to renumber all lines in the WORK file.
HOLD Copies part or all of the WORK file into the HOLD file for subsequent
recopying into one or more locations of the WORK file.
INSERT Inserts text into the WORK file from the INPUT file or from the HOLD file
at a specific position.
JOIN Copies all or part of the JOIN file to the WORK file.
KEEP Saves all or part of the WORK file into an MPE/iX file.
LIST Lists all or part of the WORK file to the OUTPUT file or to any other
specified file.
MODIFY Modifies text in the WORK file using one or more subcommands (DELETE,
INSERT and REPLACE) of the MODIFY command.
NOT Reverses a flag after executing the command immediately following the
NOT command.
OR Sets the flag true, or skips the OR command and the command immediately
following it if the flag is already true.
PROCEDURE Calls and executes a procedure previously written and stored in a
segmented library (SL) file.
Q Displays a user-defined message at the terminal.
REPLACE Replaces one or more lines in the WORK file with new text from the
standard input file or from the HOLD file.
SET Alters EDIT/3000 default operating criteria.