You should be familiar with all the commands except the
last. You already know that when you edit a file, the
PF
keys have various functions.
If
you would rather have one or
more
PF
keys set to different commands, you can do this in
the
PROFILE XEDIT file. The command has the format:
SET
PFn
command
You substitute the number of the
PF
key for
"n,"
and you
substitute the command you want assigned to that
PF
key for
"command." In our example, we have assigned the
FILE
command to
PF
12. After this file
is
put
on
disk, pressing
PF
12 would do the same thing as entering the FILE
command.
Changing Files
This section discusses the commands that display a list of
your files, add new lines, take
out
lines, duplicate, move, and
copy lines, locate and change data in a file, combine files,
and sort data in a file.
Displaying a File on Your Screen
To
work on a copy of a file that is
on
your disk, use the
XED
IT command:
XEDIT
filename
filetype
filemode
If
the filemode
is
a, you
don't
have to type it.
A copy
of
the file appears on your screen, but the original
is
still
on
your disk.
It
remains unchanged until you enter a
FILE
or
SA VB command.
Adding Lines
One way to add a line
of
information
is
by
using the INPUT
command. Another way is
to
use a prefix command that adds
a blank line.
It
is
called a prefix command because you type
it in the prefix area,
not
on
the large arrow command line.
Once the blank line is added, you type the new data in that
line.
Chapter
5.
Using
VM/PC
Commands
to
do
Work
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