The following table summarizes GDE commands, abbreviations, object types, required object names, and optional qualifiers.
| GDE Command Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Command | Specified Object Type | Required Object Name/[Optional] Qualifier | 
| * -ALL is the default for the SHOW and VERIFY commands. | ||
| @ | N/A | file-name | 
| A[DD] | -N[AME] | name-space -R[EGION]=region-name | 
| - | -R[EGION] | region-name -D[YNAMIC]=segment-name [-REGION-qualifier...] | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | segment-name -F[ILE_NAME]=file-name [-SEGMENT-qualifier...] | 
| C[HANGE] | -N[AME] | name-space -R[EGION]=new-region | 
| - | -R[EGION] | region-name [-REGION-qualifier...] | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | segment-name [-SEGMENT-qualifier] | 
| D[ELETE] | -N[AME] | name-space | 
| - | -R[EGION] | region-name | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | segment-name | 
| E[XIT] | N/A | N/A | 
| HE[LP] | N/A | Keyword | 
| LOC[KS] | N/A | -R[EGION]=region-name | 
| LOG | N/A | [-ON][=file-name] [-OF[F]] | 
| Q[UIT] | N/A | N/A | 
| R[ENAME] | -N[AME] | old-name new-name | 
| - | -R[EGION] | old-reg-name new-reg-name | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | old-seg-name new-seg-name | 
| SE[TGD] | N/A | -F[ILE]=file-name [-Q[UIT]] | 
| SH[OW] | -N[AME] | [name-space] | 
| - | -R[EGION] | [region-name] | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | [segment-name] | 
| - | -M[AP] | [R[EGION]=region-name] | 
| - | T[EMPLATE] | N/A | 
| - | -A[LL]* | N/A | 
| T[EMPLATE] | -R[EGION] | [-REGION-qualifier...] | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | [ -SEGMENT-qualifier...] | 
| V[ERIFY] | -N[AME] | [name-space] | 
| - | -R[EGION] | [region-name] | 
| - | -S[EGMENT] | [segment-name] | 
| - | -M[AP] | N/A | 
| - | -T[EMPLATE] | N/A | 
| - | -A[LL]* | N/A |