Sets the mode of transmission. The mode of transmission can be either character mode or line mode. Character mode is the default. Use character mode when you run a character-processing text editor on the remote host. With character mode, your local system sends data a character at a time to the remote host with which you have a connected session, and the remote host echoes the characters back for display on your local system. (Sometimes several characters may be sent in a burst for performance optimization, in which case the remote server usually replies with bursts of characters, but not a line at a time.) To use line mode, the remote host server must support line mode. The local host echoes characters. Line mode allows the following: o Signal trapping (such as for application programs on remote UNIX hosts that sense traps or special events) o Local character editing o Tab expansion (where a tab is more than simply the TAB character) This command overrides the ENABLE LOCAL_CHARS command. Before you enter this command, establish a remote connection. DCL Format SET MODE {CHAR | LINE} UNIX Format mode mode
1 – Parameters
CHAR LINE Required. Transmission mode you want to set. Specify either of the following: o CHAR - Data is transmitted one character at a time. o LINE - Data is transmitted one line at a time.