# what is line editor

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/what-is-line-editor/201741>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/what-is-line-editor/201741 "2018-11-17T09:04:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harish\_Naidu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Harish\_Naidu](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Harish_Naidu)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/what-is-line-editor/201741/1 "2018-11-17T09:04:27Z")

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What is line editor?

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/what-is-line-editor/201741/2 "2018-11-17T12:17:46Z")

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Way back in the early days of Natural, there was only one editor, the line editor.  
As it’s name implies, you could only work on one line at a time. Shortly after the first release of Natural the current mainframe editor was released.  
The current editor, which is probably what you are using if you are on the mainframe, is far more functional than the original line editor. You can copy/delete/insert groups of statements; you can insert code from other programs; the list goes on and on.

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/what-is-line-editor/201741/3 "2018-11-18T22:53:14Z")

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The line editor is still available. It is documented under System Commands. It is invoked with the EDT command. Typically it is used in batch mode.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/what-is-line-editor/201741/4 "2021-04-02T15:41:49Z")

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