HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 29)

Correcting Mistyped Editor Commands
Introduction to EDIT
058061 Tandem Computers Incorporated 1–9
You can likewise abbreviate any command name and keyword to its first
letter. The following commands, for example, are all equivalent:
*L A *La
*l a *LIST ALL
You can also combine more than one command on a single command line.
See Section 4, “Typing Several Commands on One Command Line,” for
more information.
Correcting Mistyped Editor
Commands
Commands can be short, like ADD 1, or quite long, like CHANGE ALL
“OLD”NEW” NUM 2/25. If you notice a mistake before you press
RETURN ,
simply use the BACKSPACE key to back up to your mistake and retype the
remainder of the line. For example:
*NUMBR ALL
*NUMB
*NUMBER ALL
*
Back up to erase the
error, then retype the
command.
Oops. You notice a
misspelling before
pressing RETURN .
If you discover an error in a short command after pressing RETURN , you
may find retyping the command is easiest:
*KIST 5
^ - ERROR -
THERE IS NO SUCH COMMAND
*LIST 5
5 Fair is foul, and foul is fair
*
Retype the command
at the prompt.
Oops. You meant to
type LIST.
If, however, your command line is longer, you can use FC (FIX
COMMAND) to alter the last command line if it needs a change or a
correction. Using FC for this kind of error saves you from retyping the
whole command line. (See Section 4 for a detailed description of the FIX
COMMAND.)