SQL/MP Reference Manual

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EDIT Command

EDIT is an SQLCI command that invokes the EDIT text editor.

file

is a Guardian name that specifies the file to EDIT.

[!]

directs EDIT to create file if it does not already exist.

edit-cmd

is a text editor command. See the EDIT User's Guide and Reference Manual.

Note that you must use a form of the command that includes quotation marks if you

specify edit-cmd. If you do not, SQLCI interprets the first semicolon on the line as the

end of the SQLCI statement, not as input to the editor.

Examples—EDIT

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This example starts an EDIT session within an SQLCI session to edit the file

FINDEMP:

>> EDIT FINDEMP;

TEXT EDITOR - T9601D20 - (01JUN93)

CURRENT FILE IS $VOL1.PERSNL.FINDEMP

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This example passes commands to EDIT and starts an EDIT session within an

SQLCI session (EDIT output is not shown):

>> EDIT MYDATA";L/1994/;XVS";

[ [ file [!] ] ]

EDIT [ " [ file [!] ] [ ; edit-cmd ] ... " ] ;

[ [ file [!] ] " [ ; edit-cmd ] ... " ]