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Summary of Command Abbreviations

Because most abbreviations are standard, they are not shown in the syntax illustrations in this guide. The following list shows command abbreviations that are either exceptions to the standard abbreviation or are alternatives available in addition to the standard abbreviation.

Command/Option

Exception

Alternate

AUTHORIZATION

 

AUTH, ATZ

BACKWARD

 

BACK, BWD

BLANKFILL

 

BLK, BLANK, BLANKS

BOTTOM

 

BOT

CATALOG

 

CATLG

CHANGE

 

C

COLUMNS

 

COLUMN

COLVIEW

 

COL

COMBINE

COMBINE

 

COMMAND

CMD

 

COMMENT

COMMENT

 

CURSOR‑STABILITY

CS

 

DATAQUERY

DQ

DQRY

DATAVIEW

 

DVW

DATEFORM

DATE

 

DEBUG

 

DBUG

DELIMITER

DLM

DELIM

DESCRIPTION

DESC

 

DESTINATION

DEST

 

DISPLAY

 

D

DISPOSITION

DISP

 

EDIT

 

E

EXCLUDE

 

EXCL, EXCLUDING

EXECUTE

 

EXEC

EXECTIME

EXEC

 

EXPORT

 

 

FIELD

 

FLD

FIND

 

F

FORWARD

 

FWD

FULL

 

F

HEADER

HDR

 

HELP

HELP

 

HISTORY

 

HIST

HORIZONTAL

 

HOR

IDENTIFICATION

 

IDENT

IMPORT

 

IMP

INCLUDE

 

INCL, INCLUDING

ISOLATION‑LEVEL

 

ISOLATION

LEFT (in SET EDIT)

 

L

LINES

 

LINE

MAIL

MAIL

 

MESSAGE

 

MSG

NAMES

 

NAME

NO

 

N

NOHEADING

 

NO

NOVALIDATION

 

NOVAL, NOVALID

NULLFILL

 

NUL, NULLS, NULLFIL

OFF

OFF

N, NO

ON

ON

Y, YES

OPTIONS

 

OPTION

PACKAGE

PACKAGE, PKG

 

PACKLIST

PACKLIST, PKL

 

PAGE

 

PAGES

PANEL

 

PNL

PARAMETERS

 

PARAMETER, PARM, PARMS

PASSWORD

 

PSW

POSTMSG

MSG

 

PREPTIME

PREP

 

PREVIOUS

 

PREV

PROCEDURE

PROC

 

PROCESS

PROCESS

 

PRODUCTION

PROD

 

PROGRAM

PROG

PGM

REPEAT

REPEAT

 

REPORT

 

RPT

RESHOW

RESHOW

 

RIGHT (in SET EDIT)

 

R

ROLLBACK

 

ROLL

SCREEN

SCREEN

 

SHORT

 

S

SIDEVIEW

 

SIDE

TRAILER

TRL

TRLR

USER

 

U, USR

VALIDATION

 

VALID

VERIFICATION

 

VERIFY

VERSION

 

V

VERTICAL

 

VER

WAITTIME

WAIT

 

WIDEOPTION

WIDE