EDITOR

The EDITOR command starts the EDIT/3000 subsystem, which enables you to create and alter ASCII text files.



   EDITOR

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Usage
You can enter this command from a session or a job. You cannot enter it from a program unless you or the program have process handling (PH) capability. You also cannot enter this command from break mode.
Pressing Break suspends execution of this command; entering the RESUME command continues execution.

Table 2-1 “ Primary EDIT/3000 Commands” lists the primary EDIT/3000 commands, explains their purpose, and provides an example of each command.

Table 2-1 Primary EDIT/3000 Commands

Command	Purpose	Example
`ADD`	To enter lines of text into the work file or from the hold file	`ADD 60,HOLD`
`CHANGE`	To replace old text with new text	`CHANGE "RECORD" TO "LINE" IN 40/70`
`COPY`	To duplicate portions of text from one location to another in the work file	`COPY 11/20 TO 80 BY .1`
`DELETE`	To delete characters and lines from the work file	`DELETE 50/75,150(3)/155(7)`
`END`	To terminate execution of EDIT/3000	`END`
`FIND`	To locate a point in the work file	`FIND *; FIND "PROGRAM"`
`HOLD`	To copy text from the work file into the hold file (either replacing or appending)	`HOLD 100/150,APPEND; HOLD 1/10`
`INSERT`	To insert text into the work file from the terminal and the hold file	`INSERT 25(4)`
`JOIN`	To add all or part of a file to the work file	`JOIN FILE02 TO 1000 by .1`
`KEEP`	To save all or part of the work file in a user file	`KEEP FILE02`
`LIST`	To display any part or all of the work file	`LIST 10/30`
`MODIFY`	To modify text in the work file using three operations of delete (D), insert (I), and replace (R)	`MODIFY 50/100`
`REPLACE`	To replace lines in the work file	`REPLACE 10/20,HOLD,NOW`
`TEXT`	To copy the contents of a user file into the work file to be edited	`TEXT FILE02`
`XPLAIN`	To get help on one or more commands. (XPLAIN ALL provides help on all commands.)	`XPLAIN TEXT`



   FCOPY

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