source: Download and upload source

Read and write ABAP source. Uploads run the lock → write → unlock → activate lifecycle.

Related guides: edit-source.

5 commands.

abapctl source get

READ IDEMP

Download ABAP source code

Option	Required	Description
object (positional)	yes	object (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--include	no	class include type
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, FUGR/FF). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types

abapctl source get ZCL_FOO

abapctl source put

DESTR

Upload ABAP source code (lock → write → unlock → activate)

prompts for confirmation; read-only with --dry-run

Option	Required	Description
object (positional)	yes	object (object/name argument)
--file	yes	path to source file
--connection	no	connection profile name
--include	no	class include type
--adt-type	no	ADT object type (e.g. PROG/P, FUGR/FF). Use when a name is shared by multiple object types
--transport	no	transport request number
--yes	no	skip confirmation prompt
--no-activate	no	skip activation after write
--dry-run	no	show what would be uploaded without writing

abapctl source put ZCL_FOO --dry-run

abapctl source push

DESTR

Upload multiple ABAP source files (sequential lock → write → unlock, batch activate)

prompts for confirmation; read-only with --dry-run

Option	Required	Description
objects (positional)	yes	objects (object/name argument)
--connection	no	connection profile name
--dir	no	directory containing <OBJNAME>.abap files
--transport	no	transport request number
--yes	no	skip confirmation prompt
--no-activate	no	skip activation after write
--dry-run	no	show what would be pushed without writing

abapctl source push ZCL_FOO ZCL_BAR --dry-run

abapctl source format

READ IDEMP

Pretty-print ABAP source from stdin

Option	Required	Description
--connection	no	connection profile name

abapctl source format

abapctl source format-settings

IDEMP

Get or set pretty printer settings

read-only without --style or --indentation

Option	Required	Description
--connection	no	connection profile name
--style	no	set style (toLower, toUpper, keywordUpper, keywordLower, keywordAuto, none)
--indentation	no	set indentation (true/false)

abapctl source format-settings