COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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TEDIT Editor

If you are sure that you want to overwrite PAYROLS, you can avoid the question-and-

answer routine by following PAYROLS with an exclamation mark:

*GET PAYROLXX PUT PAYROLS!

CURRENT FILE IS \NODE1.$VOL3.SUBVOL2.PAYROLS

Another convenience the EDIT editor provides that the TEDIT editor lacks is the ability

to list all lines that contain two or more combinations of text characters in any order.

Although the TEDIT editor has some powerful pattern-matching abilities, it is much

easier to find all lines containing both ABC and XYZ, in any order, using the EDIT

editor.

The EDIT editor has a line editor and a full-screen editor. The full-screen editor is

named VS. If VS terminates abnormally, it creates a recovery file whose name is of the

form ZZVSnnnn (where nnnn is a four-digit number chosen by VS to make a unique

file name). To detect these ZZVSnnnn files, use the TACL command FILES. Purge

any ZZVSnnnn files that you do not need.

To exit the EDIT editor, type “exit” in response to the asterisk prompt (case is

unimportant):

*EXIT

95>

For complete information about the EDIT editor, see the EDIT User’s Guide and

Reference Manual.

TEDIT Editor

The TEDIT editor is a full-screen editor with a command line. Overall, the TEDIT editor

is more powerful than the EDIT editor. The TEDIT commands SEARCH and REPLACE

have powerful pattern-matching abilities, with single-character, multicharacter, and set-

of-characters wild cards.

To call the TEDIT editor, type its name at the TACL prompt (case is unimportant):

81> TEDIT

The TEDIT editor clears the screen and displays a help screen that explains its

function. At the bottom of the help screen, it asks you for a file name:

(To EXIT press CTRL-Y) File: PAYROLS

You can also call the TEDIT editor with a file name:

82> TEDIT PAYROLS

Caution. The TEDIT editor works on your original file, not on a copy of it. If you want to

provide for the possibility of discarding an entire editing session, you must make a backup

copy yourself. You can make the backup copy before editing the file, with the File Utility

Program (FUP) DUP command, or you can use the WRITE command from within the TEDIT

editor to make a copy at any time.