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title: "ISPF Basic Commands"
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date: 2015-04-13
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# ISPF Basic Commands

The primary commands listed [here s](https://srinimf.com/2015/08/25/ispf-basic-editor-commands-for-software-developers/)ummarize the primary commands you use to display and change your edit profile. Notice that many of these command settings are displayed in the user profile

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**PROFILE**

Related[ISPF Daily Use Commands a Quick Guide](https://srinimf.com/2017/07/18/ispf-daily-use-commands-a-quick-guide/)

This displays the current setting of each mode in this list and controls whether changes to these settings are saved.

**AUTOLIST**

This controls whether a copy of the saved data is automatically stored in the ISPF list data set.

**AUTONUM**

This controls whether lines of data are automatically renumbered when the data is saved.

**AUTOSAVE**
This controls whether data is saved when you enter END.

**CAPS**

This controls whether alphabetic characters are stored in uppercase when the data is saved.

**HEX**

This controls whether data is displayed in hexadecimal format.

**HILITE**

This controls the use of enhanced edit color.

**IMACRO**

This names an edit macro used at the start of the edit session.

**NOTES**

This controls whether tutorial notes are included in an Edit model.

**NULLS**

This controls whether blank spaces at the end of a line are written to the panel as blanks or nulls. The difference is that nulls allow you to insert data; blanks do not.

**NUMBER**

This controls the generation of sequence numbers in a data set.

**PACK**

This controls whether ISPF packs (compresses) the data when it is saved.

**RECOVERY**

This controls the recovery of an edit session after a system failure.

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