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LOCATE Command

Locate line-number

Use the LOCATE command to move the display to a specific source line or to the beginning or the end of the JCL.

line-number

Specifies the number of the line to which you want to move. The line you specify is the top line displayed on the screen.

Using the LOCATE Command

To move to a specific line, you specify the line number of the line you want displayed.

To move to the beginning of the JCL, you can specify 0 as the line number, and the first line of the JCL is the top line displayed.

To move to the end of the JCL, you can specify the last line number or any larger number, and the last line of the JCL is displayed on the top line. For example, if the last line of the JCL is numbered 307 and you use 999, line number 307 is the top line displayed.