IBM Mainframe Forum

[Yash19]

Hi,
Is there any command to view only specific columns.

eg. If want to see columns from 2 to 10 only then which command should use.

Regards,
Yash

[Bill Dennis]

View what type of file with which viewer?

[Yash19]

Suppose the file is in the format, like as

=COLS> ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
000001 ####KADAM##############################################
000002 ####RAKES###############################################
000003 ####SUSHI###############################################
000004 ####ANANT###############################################


Now I want to view the text starting from column 5 upto column 9 only for all rows, and want to delete other part.
Please guide me which command should I use.

[rajithr007]

You can run macros like

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C ALL P'=' ' ' 1 4;C ALL P'=' ' ' 10 80

which will change the data to spaces for more information check "ISPF Edit Macros"

[ritikasingh]

If you have some file viewer and you know exact column number you want to see can use DISP ONLYcommand

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

What is "some file viewer"?

DISP ONLY is not a standard view/edit command.

[NicC]

I have worked at a place that had an ISPF facility which allowed one to specify which columns you wanted displayed. I looked at my current system and cannot find any reference to this so it is obviously a more recent version of ISPF. I cannot remember the command either so that is not much good but be aware that in ISPF there MAY be a facility for what you want. Just dig around, look at the edit entry panel (where you speciy the file to be printed).

[ritikasingh]

I worked on FILEAID. If i wanted to see any column, I opened the file and write the column number.
For example for column number 2 and 8 , " disp 2 8 only".

[NicC]

I have found the ISPF solution - on the edit entry panel is a field

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Format Name

Here you enter the name of a format which is set up in option 3.11 - ignore the bit about it being for 5550 screens or dbcs: it works just dandy with 3270 type screens.