CUT primary command
The CUT command copies one or more lines of data from the current edit or view session into a clipboard for later retrieval by the PASTE command.
Syntax
- clipname
- Name of a clipboard to which data is to be copied. The default High Level Qualifier (HLQ) is used. Typically, the default is the TSO PREFIX for your user ID.
- APPEND
- Copied data is added to the existing contents of the clipboard.
- REPLACE
- Copied data replaces the existing contents of the clipboard.
- NX
- Copy only not-excluded records.
- X
- Copy only excluded records.
- from_label
- Label identifying the start of a range of records from which data is to be copied to the clipboard. The label must start with a period (.) followed by one to four alphabetic characters (no numeric or special characters). Labels starting with the letter “Z” indicate an editor-assigned label.
- to_label
- Label identifying the end of a range of records from which data is to be copied to the clipboard. The label must start with a period (.) followed by one to four alphabetic characters (no numeric or special characters). Labels starting with the letter “Z” indicate an editor-assigned label.