TSO Line Mode Commands

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These are TSO line mode commands. There is generally no ISPF screen that will do the same
thing. For help on the commands,
- on any ISPF screen, type TSO HELP;
choose a command, then type TSO HELP command-name.
or use Quick Reference by typing QW on any ISPF screen
then specify IBM as vendor
then search for TSO SYSHELP

There are 6 places you can execute TSO commands. Read the parts about continuing!
1. In a REXX program. Information about my book on REXX:
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The command must be enclosed in quotes (") or apostrophes (').
Quotes are preferred, because they conflict less
with the apostrophes that some TSO commands require.

Example of an ALLOCATE command in a REXX program:

"ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(MY.DATA)"

When there is a variable in the command you want REXX to process the variable.
Quotes prevent REXX from processing the variable.
Remove the variable from the quotes.
Example of an ALLOCATE with the dataset name in a variable.
Dataset_Name = "MY.DATA"
"ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN("Dataset_Name")"

Commands for ISPF are prefixed by ADDRESS ISPEXEC, for example:

ADDRESS ISPEXEC "SETMSG MSG(ISRZ001)"

Commands for ISPF editor are prefixed by ADDRESS ISREDIT, for example:
ADDRESS ISREDIT "CHANGE ALL DNS DSN"

Continuing. Break the command into two parts.

Enclose each part in quotes. End the first part with a comma.
EXAMPLE:
"ALLOC DDN(INFILE)SHR REUSE",
"DSN(MY.DATA)"

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 2. In a CLIST.
The command is entered into the CLIST as shown in the examples.
Example of an ALLOCATE command in a CLIST:
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(MY.DATA)

When there is a variable in the command, put the variable

in the command and be sure it is prefixed with an ampersand (&).

Example of ALLOCATE in a CLIST with the dataset name in a variable:

SET &DATASET_NAME = MY.DATA
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(&DATASET_NAME)

Continuing. Break the command into two parts. End the first part with a hyphen
or +. The + causes leading spaces on the next line to be deleted..
EXAMPLE:
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE -
DSN(&DATASET_NAME)
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3. In ISPF Option 6.
Enter the command as shown in the examples
Example of an ALLOC command in ISPF Option 6:
ALLOC DSN(MY.DATA) SHR REUSE DDN(INFILE)

Continuing. Just keep typing. There’s room..

4. On any ISPF screen except Option 6.

Enter the command as shown in the examples, prefixed with "TSO".
Example of an ALLOCATE command in ISPF Option 6:
TSO ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(MY.DATA)

Continuing. You are out of luck. There’s not much room.

5. In line mode TSO, known as "Ready mode". I.E., you are not in ISPF.
Enter the command as shown in the examples
Example of an ALLOCATE command in line mode TSO.
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(MY.DATA)

Continuing. Just keep typing. There’s room..

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 6. In a batch job where the program IKJEFT01 is executed, known as TSO in batch.
Enter the command as shown in the examples
Example of an ALLOCATE command in a batch job.
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(MY.DATA)

Example in context:
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=200
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN DD *
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE DSN(MY.DATA)
/*

Continuing. There are only about 67 positions available

Break the command into two parts. End the first part with a hyphen.
EXAMPLE:
ALLOC DDN(INFILE) SHR REUSE -
DSN(MY.DATA)

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Interacting with files:

Create a catalogued disk file/dataset

ALLOCATE with the NEW keyword
ALLOC DSN(dataset-name) NEW (continued)
SPACE(10 5) TRACKS

Create a catalogued disk library/pds

ALLOCATE with the NEW keyword and the DIR keyword
ALLOC DSN(library name) NEW (continued)
SPACE(10 5) TRACKS DIR(10)

Connect a catalogued disk file/ dataset to a program for use as input or output
ALLOCATE with the SHR or OLD keyword and the DDN keyword
ALLOC DDN(ddname) SHR REUSE DSN(dataset-name)

Connect a catalogued library member/pds member to a program for use as input or output
ALLOCATE with the SHR or OLD keyword and the DDN keyword
ALLOC DDN(ddname) SHR REUSE (continued)
DSN(library-name(member-name))
Note that the library must exist.
The member must exist if it is input.
The member will be created or overwritten, if it is output.

Connect a catalogued disk file/ dataset to a program for use as output, lengthening (append)
the file
ALLOCATE with the MOD keyword and the DDN keyword
ALLOC DDN(ddname) MOD REUSE DSN(dataset-name)

Create a catalogued disk file/dataset, or library/ pds that has the same attributes as another
ALLOCATE with the LIKE keyword
ALLOC DSN(dataset-name) LIKE(other-dataset-name)

Notes about ALLOCATE:

REUSE means that the DDN(ddname) should be released
from any previous use and used for this ALLOCATE
SPACE(10 5) means that the system should allocate
10 units of space immediately, 5 units later (up to 15 times as needed)
DIR(10) means that the system should reserve 10 blocks of
space for the directory that will keep track of the members.
1 directory block keeps track of 5 members.

Remove the connection between a file and a program that has been established with
ALLOCATE and the DDN keyword

FREE DDN(ddname)

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Copy a file to one that exists already, overlaying it.
(Allocate the output file first with ALLOC or ISPF 3.2)
REPRO INDATASET('input dataset name') (continued)
OUTDATASET('output dataset name')

Display the attributes of a file/dataset library/pds

LISTDS dataset-name or library

Display the attributes of a library/pds and list the member names

LISTDS library MEMBERS

Display the dataset names, library names, and DDNAMES currently in use in your TSO
session.
LISTALC STATUS HISTORY SYSNAMES

Display catalog information about a specific dataset or library.

LISTCAT ENTRY(dataset name) ALL

List the names of datasets or libraries whose names begin with a specific high level qualifier.
LISTCAT LEVEL(high-level-qualifier)
Example:
LISTCAT LEVEL(USERID1)

Delete a dataset or library

DELETE dataset or library

Delete a library member (not the library)

DELETE library(member-name)

Rename a dataset or library

RENAME old-name new-name

Specify a REXX or CLIST library without having to do complicated allocations.

ALTLIB ACTIVATE APPLICATION(appl) DSN(appl-library)

Specify a REXX library

ALTLIB ACTIVATE APPLICATION(EXEC) DSN(rexx-library)

Specify a CLIST library

ALTLIB ACTIVATE APPLICATION(CLIST) DSN(clist-library)

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 Interacting with other users

Authorize access to your files with RACF.

PERMIT 'your-userid.**' ID(userid-to-authorize) ACCESS(READ)
or access(update)
userid-to-authorize may be * to mean all users

Transmit a message to a TSO user. Cancel the message if the user can’t receive messages or is
logged off.
SEND 'the message' USER(the-userid) -userid may be *, which means to yourself

Transmit a message to a TSO user. Wait until the user is able to receive the message.
SEND 'the message' USER(the-userid) WAIT
the-userid may be *, which means to yourself

Transmit a message to a TSO user. The message will be delivered at once if the user is logged
on. It will be delivered when the user logs on, if the user is now logged off.
SEND 'the message' USER(the-userid) LOGON
the-userid may be *, which means to yourself

Transmit a message to the console operator

SEND 'the message'

Send a dataset to another user (TSO or CMS)

XMIT node.userid DSN(datasetname)

Send a library/pds member to another user (TSO or CMS)

XMIT node.userid DSN(libraryname(membername)) SEQ

Receive a dataset or library sent by another user with XMIT

RECEIVE
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Interacting with TSO

Display messages sent to you while you were logged off

LISTBC

Display the current time, CPU time used, service units used, and date
TIME

Turn off prompting - commands asking you for missing or invalid information
PROFILE NOPROMPT

Find out if TSO is prefixing your logon userid to dataset names specified without apostrophes.
PROFILE

Make TSO prefix your logon userid to dataset names specified without apostrophes.
PROFILE PREFIX(your-userid) The default

Stop TSO from prefixing your logon userid to dataset names specified without apostrophes.
PROFILE NOPREFIX Not Recommended

Execute a program when you know which library it is on

CALL 'library-name(program-name) '

Execute a program that is on an automatic search library (“the linklist”)

CALL *(program-name)
You may also be able to execute a program by simply putting its name in quotes:
"IEBGENER "
This is not allowed at all companies.

Execute a REXX program or CLIST found on a library assigned to SYSPROC or SYSEXEC

"program-name" "parameters if any"

Execute a REXX program or CLIST that is not found on a library assigned to SYSEXEC
"EXEC 'libry-name(member-name)' 'parameters if any.' " EXEC

Execute a CLIST that is not found on a library assigned to SYSPROC

"EXEC 'library-name(member-name)' 'parameters if any.' "

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Interacting with MVS Batch
Display current job status of jobs that you have submitted
STATUS

Cancel a job that you have submitted

CANCEL jobname(job-number)

Cancel a job that you have submitted and discard the printed output
CANCEL jobname(job-number) PURGE

Send JCL to MVS batch for processing I.E. spawn a detached process
SUBMIT dataset-name or library(member-name)

Interacting with the Hierachical Storage System (migrating)

Unmigrate a dataset or library that has been migrated

HRECALL dataset/library

Migrate a dataset or library I.E. send it to off-line storage, probably tape

and temporarily delete it from active disk storage
HMIGRATE dataset or library

Create a backup copy of a dataset or library (if installation authorizes)

HBACKDS dataset/library

Retrieve the most recent backup copy of a dataset or library that has been backed up
HRECOVER dataset-name

Retrieve the backup copy of a dataset or library that was created before the most recent one
HRECOVER dataset-name GENERATION(1)

Ask about your HRECOVER request.

HQUERY

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Using ISPF services.
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Specify a library that contains components of an ISPF dialog.
LIBDEF component DATASET ID(library-name) UNCOND
for example:
LIBDEF ISPPLIB DATASET ID(MY.ISPPLIB) UNCOND
REXX Example:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "LIBDEF ISPPLIB DATASET ID(MY.ISPPLIB) UNCOND "

Components are:
ISPPLIB Panel library
ISPSLIB File Tailoring Skeleton Library
ISPMLIB Message library
ISPFILE File Tailoring output library
ISPTLIB Table input
ISPTABL Table output
ISPLLIB Load module

Store variable information in TSO/ISPF for later use

VPUT (variable-name) PROFILE
REXX Example:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "VPUT (variable-name) PROFILE "

Retrieve variable information from TSO/ISPF

VGET (variable-name)
REXX Example:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "VGET (variable-name) "

Setting messages that will appear on ISPF screens.

REXX Example:
ZEDSMSG = "this is the short message"
ZEDLMSG = "this is the long message"
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "SETMSG MSG(ISRZ001)"

Executing a program when you don't know which library it is on

SELECT PGM(program-name)
REXX Example:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "SELECT PGM(program-name) "

Prevent an ISPF error from kicking you out of your session. (Hides diagnostic messages)
CONTROL ERRORS RETURN
REXX Example:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "CONTROL ERRORS RETURN"

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Old non-ISPF editor.
I will show this by an example. The line numbers on the left are for illustration only.

1 EDIT 'userid.TEST.CNTL(MODEL)' DATA OLD NONUM EMODE

2 TOP
3 CHANGE * 999 '@DSN' 'MY.DATA'
4 SUBMIT
5 END NOSAVE

Explanations by line.
Line 1. EDIT 'fully-qualified-dataset-name' DATA OLD NONUM EMODE
Please use a fully-qualified dataset name, with apostrophes.

Replace DATA with COBOL if it is a COBOL program.

OLD means that it exists already
NONUM means that the editor should ignore line numbers, if any.
NUM instead means that the editor should assume line numbers
EMODE means that the editor should not go into "input mode"
when the dataset contains no records
Input Mode is when the editor accepts no commands!
everything you type in is placed into the dataset as a new line.
You end Input Mode by pressing ENTER without typing anything.

Line 2.
TOP.
Position yourself at the top of data (important for the change command)

Line 3.
Change character strings on each line from current line position
(shown by *) to the end (shown by 999)
CHANGE * 999 'old string' 'new string'

Line 4.
Send the data you are editing (if it's JCL) to MVS batch for processing
I.E. spawn a detached process
SUBMIT

Line 5.
Exit without saving data in the name you started with
END NOSAVE

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Other commands you might use.

Exit and save data in the name you started with

END SAVE

Save what you are editing with a specific name other than the one you started with
SAVE new-name REUSE

The above example in a REXX program. You must queue the commands. They will be executed
after the REXX program ends. You may not put anything else into the queue since that will
interfere with this.

QUEUE "EDIT 'userid.TEST.CNTL(MODEL)' DATA OLD NONUM EMODE "

QUEUE "TOP"
QUEUE "CHANGE * 999 '@DSN' 'MY.DATA' ALL "
QUEUE "SUBMIT"
QUEUE "END NOSAVE"

The above example in a CLIST. There is no change from the example above. The CLIST will
execute the commands line by line. After finishing the commands, control will remain in the
CLIST.

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