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Change the Separator Area

A number of settings affect the display in the separator area, the area that separates the header area on your display from the data area. The default is no separator area. You can change the separator to display a line.

Follow these steps:

• Column Ruler Line

  If the column ruler line is on, a horizontal column ruler is displayed. To display the column ruler line, use one of the following commands:

  SET COLS ON
  COLS ON
  

  To turn off the column ruler line, use one of these commands.

  SET COLS OFF
  COLS OFF
  

  You can also set the column ruler line on or off in some command displays. Specify ON or OFF for Column line field in the Display options area of the command profile Miscellaneous Section.

• Separator Line

  To specify whether the separator line is displayed, use one of the following commands:

  SET SEPLINE ON
  SET SEPLINE OFF
  

  You can also set the separator line on or off in some command displays. Specify ON or OFF for Separator line field in the Display options area of the command profile Miscellaneous Section.

• Separator Character

  To change the character used for the separator line (by default, it is a blank), use the following command:

  SET SEPCHAR x
  

  x

  A variable representing a valid separator line character.

  For more information about valid separator line characters, see the SET SEPCHAR command explanation in the online help.

You can also change the value in the Separator line character in the Miscellaneous Section of your General profile under Display character options.