It is an IBM supplied Line Command in ISPF. You would type over the line numbers instead of entering it on the command line. I also realized later that you would have to repeat this for the first line of each paragraph, so this might not be the best solution.
Before =COLS> ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2---- tf72 1 CA Disk is a data storage management system designed to aid in the maintenance of DASD volumes and data sets contained on 000002 them. It consists of many different utility functions that each perform a separate data storage management function. The 000003 menus you are now positioned at are selection menus for the different CA Disk functions. To find out more about the CA Disk 000004 system, select an option and continue using the HELP feature of the ISPF Selectable Unit. After =COLS> ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8- 000001 CA Disk is a data storage management system designed to aid in the 000002 maintenance of DASD volumes and data sets contained on them. It 000003 consists of many different utility functions that each perform a 000004 separate data storage management function. The menus you are now 000005 positioned at are selection menus for the different CA Disk functions. 000006 To find out more about the CA Disk system, select an option and continue 000007 using the HELP feature of the ISPF Selectable Unit. On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:13 AM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps a command that is local to your site? > > IKJ56500I COMMAND TF72 NOT FOUND > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Robert Longabaugh > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 8:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Breaking text file at position 72? > > You could transfer to a sequential file and then go into ISPF Edit and > enter the line command TF72 (text flow) on the first line. > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:37 AM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is not truly a mainframe question but I am sure everyone can see the > > mainframe relevance and why it is a mainframe problem for me. Some of you > > mainframers may have encountered the same problem. > > > > I have a text file on Windows with CR-LF only at paragraph boundaries. > Some > > of the lines are several thousand characters long. > > > > I would like to break the lines (intelligently -- at an English word > > boundary) no later than column 72. > > > > Can anyone suggest a good method? This is a one-time chore so I don't > want > > to buy a product or install something off the CBT. I have all of normal > > SDSF > > of course plus Notepad++ on Windows. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
