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The command I entered on my command line for my application is not being processed correctly. How can I make sure that the current application handles the command, instead of the command table?

Question & Answer


Question

When a command is in the command table, ISPF handles the command before the application is able to process it. Occasionally, an entry in the command table has the same name as an application command. For example, PRINT and LIST are common commands within applications, but because these commands also exist in the ISPF command table, they are not handled by applications which may use them.

Answer

To bypass the command table and force the command to be seen by your application, type a greater-than symbol (>) before the command on the command line. For example, if there is a command table entry for LIST but you want a LIST command to be processed by your application, type >LIST on the command line.

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Modified date:
01 March 2016

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dwa1255751

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