Equal (=)

If you enter = in the line command area, FM/Db2 runs the previous line command.

Using the equal (=) line command shows the use of the = line command. The previous line command that FM/Db2 ran was DS (to display the structure of the data base DSNRLST). The asterisk is displayed in the first position of the line command area after FM/Db2 has run the command and you have returned to the original panel. If you enter = in the line command area for another listed object (in this case, the data base FMN2), FM/Db2 runs the DS command for that object.
Figure 1. Using the equal (=) line command
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                         Storage  Buffer          Created      Buffer
 Cmd   Name     Owner  + Group    Pool       DBID By     + T E Pool
       *_______ *_______ *_______ *_______ _____* *_______ * * *_______
 _____ DSNDB04  SYSIBM   SYSDEFLT BP0           4 SYSIBM       BP0
 _____ DSNDB06  SYSIBM                          6 SYSIBM     E BP0
 _____ DSNDB07  FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0           7 FMNUSER  W   BP0
 *S___ DSNRLST  FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0         256 FMNUSER    E BP0
 _____ DSNRGFDB FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0         257 FMNUSER    E BP0
 =____ FMN2     FMNUSER  SG01     BP0         258 FMNUSER    E BP0
 _____ FMDB2    FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0         259 FMNUSER    E BP0
 _____ DSN8D61P BRADB    DSN8G610 BP0         261 BRADB      E BP0
 _____ DSN8D61A BRADB    DSN8G610 BP0         260 BRADB      E BP0
 _____ DSN8D61L BRADB    DSN8G610 BP0         262 BRADB      E BP0

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If you enter the = line command multiple times, as shown in Using the equal (=) line command multiple times, FM/Db2 runs the line command (in this case, DS) consecutively for each of the nominated objects in the list without returning to the original panel between each execution.
Figure 2. Using the equal (=) line command multiple times
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                                                               Index
                         Storage  Buffer          Created      Buffer
 Cmd   Name     Owner  + Group    Pool       DBID By     + T E Pool
       *_______ *_______ *_______ *_______ _____* *_______ * * *_______
 _____ DSNDB04  SYSIBM   SYSDEFLT BP0           4 SYSIBM       BP0
 _____ DSNDB06  SYSIBM                          6 SYSIBM     E BP0
 _____ DSNDB07  FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0           7 FMNUSER  W   BP0
 *S___ DSNRLST  FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0         256 FMNUSER    E BP0
 _____ DSNRGFDB FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0         257 FMNUSER    E BP0
 =____ FMN2     FMNUSER  SG01     BP0         258 FMNUSER    E BP0
 _____ FMDB2    FMNUSER  SYSDEFLT BP0         259 FMNUSER    E BP0
 =____ DSN8D61P BRADB    DSN8G610 BP0         261 BRADB      E BP0
 =____ DSN8D61A BRADB    DSN8G610 BP0         260 BRADB      E BP0
 _____ DSN8D61L BRADB    DSN8G610 BP0         262 BRADB      E BP0

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