Line Edit Commands

Line Edit commands can be used to edit lines in your report requests, batch and hold files, or customized compendium reports. Things to note:

 

 

Command

Description

A

Indicates the line after which copied or moved lines are to be inserted.

An

Indicates the number of times copied/moved lines will be inserted after the line.

B

Indicates the line before which copied/moved lines are to be inserted.

Bn

Indicates the number of times copied/moved lines will be inserted before the line.

C

Copy a line.

Cn

Copy n lines starting at this line.

CC

Indicates the beginning and ending of a block of lines to be copied.

D

Delete a line.

Dn

Delete n lines starting at this line.

DD

Indicates the beginning and ending of a block of lines to be deleted.

I

Insert a line following this line.

M

Move this line.

MM

Indicates the beginning and ending of a block of lines to be moved.

R

Repeat a line.  The repeated line is inserted after the line containing the R.

Rn

Repeat this line n times.

RR

Indicates the beginning and ending of a block of lines to be repeated.

 

To use a command, type the command(s) over any existing line number(s) in your report request and press enter. For example, in the report request below the move (M) command is used on line 5 and the after (A) command is used on line 6 to indicate where line 5 should be inserted.  

 

EDIT     PD.CSUCFOC.UUSER(TRAIN1) - 01.01   Columns 00001 00072

Command ===>                                   Scroll ===> PAGE

****** ******************* Top of Data ************************

000001 -* ALPHA LIST OF CURRENT EMPLOYEES      

000002 EX AC                                   

000003 TABLE FILE AC                           

000004 PRINT AC:CLASS                          

00m005       AC:FTE                            

000a06       AC:SALARY                         

000007 BY AC:WNAME                             

000008 IF RECORDLIMIT EQ 100                   

000009 END                                     

****** ***************** Bottom of Data ***********************

   

For additional information on line edit commands, refer to the CIRS User Manual.