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