TACL Reference Manual

UTILS:TACL Commands and Functions
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VDELETE Command
VDELETE Command
Use the VDELETE command to delete a range of lines from a variable.
option
is any of these:
OUT file-name
QUIET
TO variable-level
OUT file-name
specifies a device, or a sequential file accessible to the sequential I/O (SIO)
facility, that is to receive the deleted lines. The listing includes line numbers. If
you omit this option, TACL writes the listing to its current OUT file. If the QUIET
option is present, this option is ignored.
If you specify an OUT file that does not exist, TACL creates an EDIT file
named list-file. If you specify an OUT file that already exists, TACL appends
the information to the end of the file.
QUIET
suppresses listing of deleted lines even if the OUT option is supplied.
TO variable-level
is the name of an existing variable level to which a listing of all deleted lines is
to be appended. Line numbers are not included. The QUIET option has no
affect on this option.
variable-level
is an existing variable level from which lines are to be deleted. It must not be in a
shared segment, and must not be a DIRECTORY, a STRUCT, or a STRUCT item.
range
specifies the line or lines to be deleted. A range specification can be any of these:
A
line-num
line-num / line-num
A
specifies all lines in the variable level.
VDELETE [ / option [ , option ] / ... ] variable-level range