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I have my attn key programmed as QCMD. I can get a command line almost any time I need one. Works great. I too type commands, usually without keywords. Of course when I do not know a command I usually guess the first part, (dsp,wrk,cpy,crt...) followed by a "*". Now I get an alphabetical list of all the commands that match the wild card. Since I have never used the command, or not for a while, I get the ability to prompt it and ask the system for help, while retaining the command up to where I requested the help. Try that with the stand Unix command shell. Yes piping one command output into the next commands input would be GREAT! Perhaps some day. But for now I see more advantages to the AS400 command line than Unix's. Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com Operation & Network Mgr mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com CrossCheck, Inc. http://www.cross-check.com 6119 State Farm Drive Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102 Rohnert Park CA 94928 Fax: 707 586-1884 -----Original Message----- From: Jim Damato [mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 3:58 PM To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com' Subject: RE: QSHELL commands (was: Stmf copy with add) If you work from QCMD you can scroll back through your old commands, point your cursor to the one you want to repeat, and press <F9>. One of the things I've admired about Unix admins has been their desire to work the way I work -- straight off the command line from memory, and taking advantage of creative command sequences and scripts. What I love about the AS/400 command set is field-sensitive help and the ability to construct a difficult command through prompting. What I'd love to steal from Unix is the ability to pipe commands to commands.
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