Syntax

Macro command syntax

>>-ISREDIT--REPLACE--+-member---------+--+----------------+----->
                     +-(member)-------+  '-labela--labelb-'   
                     +-dsname(member)-+                       
                     +-dsname---------+                       
                     '-pathname-------'                       

>--+--------+--------------------------------------------------><
   +-ASCII--+   
   +-EBCDIC-+   
   '-UTF8---'   

member

The name of the member to be replaced in the partitioned data set currently being edited. If a name of eight or fewer characters is specified and it could be a member name or a data set name, REPLACE searches for a member name first. If no member name is found, then the name is used as a data set. If the member does not exist, the editor creates it. If you are using a concatenated sequence of libraries, the member is always written to the first library in the sequence.

dsname

The name of a sequential data set that is to be replaced. The data set name can be fully or partially qualified.

dsname(member)

The name of a different partitioned data set and member name to be replaced in the partitioned data set. The data set name can be fully or partially qualified.

pathname

The pathname for a z/OS UNIX regular file to be replaced. If the file does not exist, it is created. (Also, see Specifying z/OS UNIX pathnames with edit primary and macro commands.)

linenum1

Relative line number identifying the start of a group of lines in the current member that replace data in the other member.

linenum2

Relative line number identifying the end of a group of lines in the current member that replace data in the other member.

labela, labelb

Labels identifying the start and end of the group of lines in the current member that replace data in the other member.

For more information about using labels to identify a group of lines, see Labels and line ranges.

ASCII, EBCDIC, UTF8

When one of these keywords is supplied, if the data is using a different character set to that designated by the keyword, the data being replaced in the external file is converted to the character set designated by the keyword.