CANDE

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CANDE (Command AND Edit) is a text editor on the MCP Operating System which runs on the Unisys Clearpath series of mainframes. Originally implemented on Burroughs large systems, it was first deployed in the mid-1960s. It has a range of features for changing the OS environment, programming and the like. It is a quite archaic program by the standards of 2006.

It provides a CLI Shell and Line Editor.

• Features and functions of CANDE include:
  • Create, edit, and maintain(copy, remove, print) data and program files
  • Compile and execute programs
  • Access and display information about the data communication network including lines and remote devices
  • Dynamically alter the communication network
  • Access and display job and task information

In addition to these features CANDE has an on-line help facility.

• Burroughs B5500 Quick CANDE Reference Card for B5500 TSS 1042710 circa 1970
• B6700, B7700 CANDE Reference card 5001050 July 1975 at bitsavers.org
• B7000, B6700 CANDE Reference card 5011349 October 1979 at bitsavers.org