CD - Change Delimiter

Displays or changes the multiple Editor command delimiter.

Syntax

CD {character}

Syntax Element

character is the character you want to specify as the multiple command delimiter.

Default Delimiter

The default delimiter is ESC (X'1B'). It is displayed as .[.

Displaying the Current Delimiter

If you enter CD without entering a new command delimiter character, the current command delimiter is displayed.

Example

:ED MD TEST  Top  .P  001 AAA  002 BBB  003 CCC  .CD  CD .[  .CD &  .CD  CD &  .CD esc  .CD  CD .[  .

Current contents of item TEST. Display current delimiter. Delimiter is ESC. Change delimiter to &. Display current delimiter. Change delimiter back to ESC. Display current delimiter. Note that the terminal echoes [ when you press the ESC key and .[ when the Editor displays the delimiter character. The Editor displays all control characters as a dot plus an optional ASCII character.