Save, File, Quit, And Qquit - IBM ZVM - FOR LINUX V6 RELEASE 1 Getting Started

Getting started with linux on system z
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Example of changing files
Assume you are still editing the file in "Example of using input mode" on page 17.
1. From the XEDIT command line, type this command and press the Enter key:
====> top
2. To prevent XEDIT from turning lowercase letters to uppercase, type this
command on the command line, then press the Enter key:
====> set case mixed ignore
3. Move the cursor to the first prefix area, type "a", then press the Enter key.
4. On the new line, type this phrase:
z/VM has many components
5. Type over the next line so the letters are in their proper case:
CP is the z/VM hypervisor
6. Create two blank lines between the first and second lines by typing "i2" in the
second prefix area and pressing the Enter key.
7. Delete one of the blank lines by typing "d" in the prefix area, then pressing the
Enter key.
8. From the XEDIT command line, locate the word "EDITOR":
====> /editor
Result: You should see a screen like this:
MY
===== * * * Top of File * * *
===== z/VM has many components
=====
===== CP is the z/VM hypervisor
===== CMS IS THE INTERACTIVE COMPONENT OF Z/VM
===== XEDIT IS THE CMS EDITOR
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7...
===== * * * End of File * * *
====>

SAVE, FILE, QUIT, and QQUIT

SAVE, FILE, QUIT, and QQUIT are XEDIT subcommands:
v Use SAVE when you want to save changes to a file permanently but continue
editing the file.
FILE
A1 F 80 Trunc=80 Size=5 Line=5 Col=1 Alt=0
X E D I T 1 File
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