ISPF text editing line commands are both ancient and underappreciated. They were probably a lot more utilized when a lot of text management software operated directly on mainframe files. This was before 3270 emulation, where the user could easily switch between m/f and PC files on the same device in the same session. The TS (text split) and TF (text flow) commands can still produce results with a few key strokes that are tedious and time consuming in most PC based editors. This even to the point where it can sometimes be more efficient to copy/paste a passage of text from PC to m/f, perform ISPF text edit commands, then copy/paste back.
Whether this is the best way to solve OP's problem is open to question, but for an ad hoc one-time task, the price is certainly right. Also consider the power of BNDS to control the whole process. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 9:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Breaking text file at position 72? On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:13:15 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >Perhaps a command that is local to your site? > >IKJ56500I COMMAND TF72 NOT FOUND > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.f54em00/tflow.htm -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
