ISPF commands - IBA-mainframe-dev/Global-Repository-for-Mainframe-Developers GitHub Wiki

This document contains various day-to-day ISPF commands.

How to find a string

Command	Description
Find string	F Str
Change all strings to another	F Str NEXT
Find string (previous match)	F Str PREV
Find string (first match)	F Str FIRST
Find string (last match)	F Str LAST
Find string (all matches)	F Str ALL

How to change a string

Command	Description
Change string Str1 to string Str2	C Str1 Str2
Change all strings Str1 to another strings Str2	C ALL Str1 Str2
Repeat the action of the previous CHANGE command (change one character string to another) (Edit and View only)	RCHANGE

How to create a member

Command	Description
Create another member from the one you are editing	CRE MEMBER_NAME

Dataset management

Command	Description
Refresh a data-list. You can try this command for inside a PDS, PDS member, PS file, Dataset list etc.	REF
Browse a file. Give ‘B’ in front of a dataset in DSLIST	B
View a dataset. Give ‘V’ in front of a dataset in DSLIST	V
Edit a dataset. Give ‘E’ in front of a dataset in DSLIST.	E
Delete the lines from the files you are editing	DEL
Cancel changes made to the dataset	CANCEL
Scroll to the bottom of the data	BOTTOM

Switch to utilities or other workplaces

Command	Description
Invoke the ISPF DTL Conversion Utility	ISPDTLC
Start the ISPF Workplace	ISPFWORK
Invoke the LIBDEF Display Utility	ISPLIBD
Create preprocessed panels, those for which ISPF has partially processed the panel definition before it is stored in the panel data set, either interactively or in batch mode	ISPPREP

Info

Command	Description
Change the default colors on seven-color display devices.	COLOR
Provide general information about the contents of a panel	XHELP
Display the PF Key Definitions. Change the ZPF variable settings (ZPFVARs).	KEYS