FDREPORT HELP Statement

HELP statement

The HELP command prints help by function or command. JCL and CLIST are considered commands by the HELP command.

HELP statement syntax

HELP



ACTIVE


,ALL


,COMMAND|COMMAND(command)


,DESCRIPTION|DESCRIPTION(cccccccc)


,FIELD|FIELD(cccccccc)


,HEADINGS


,INCLUDE


,OPERANDS


,SEQUENTIAL


,SUBCOMMAND|SUBCOMMAND(cccccccc)


,SYNTAX

ACTIVE

Lists just the field names that are marked in the field name table as being active for the various field selection services (REPORT, SORT, SUMMARY, and PUNCH).

ALL

Lists the entire contents of the help member including all commands and field names and descriptions.

COMMAND

Prints the entire command list.

COMMAND(command)

Requests help for a specific command.

DESCRIPTIONS

List all field names and their descriptions.

DESCRIPTIONS(cccccccc)

List all field names that start with the character string “cccccccc” and their descriptions.

FIELD

List all field names.

FIELD(cccccccc)

List all field names that start with the character string “cccccccc”.

HEADINGS

List the headings for the fields selected.

Important

Headings listed are based on the output medium. If SYSPRINT is assigned to a terminal or FORMAT=CRT or FORMAT=TSO is specified on a preceding DEFAULT statement, the CRT(TSO) heading is used for formatting. If SYSPRINT is assigned to any other device type or FORMAT=PRT is specified on a preceding DEFAULT statement, the PRINT heading is used for formatting.

INCLUDE

Include alternative formatting field names.

OPERANDS

When specified with the operand COMMAND(command), requests help for only the operands of the command specified.

When specified without the operand COMMAND(command), requests help for the operands of the command or program.

SEQUENTIAL

When used in conjunction with the keyword ACTIVE, lists just the field names that are marked in the field name table as being active for the various field selection services (REPORT, SORT, SUMMARY, and PUNCH) in sequential order. When used without the keyword ACTIVE, it has no apparent effect.

SUBCOMMAND

cccccccc

Requests help for the subcommand specified. If no subcommand specified, lists the available subcommands.

SYNTAX

When specified with the operand COMMAND(command), requests help for only the syntax of the specified command.

When specified without the operand COMMAND(command), requests help for the syntax of the command or program.

 

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