TSO Command Reference

The following is a list of all of the standard TSO commands and what they do. Most people run ISPF on top of TSO (which is started using the pdf command). To enter TSO commands after the ISPF interface is started, you need to either precede the desired command with tso (eg. 'tso asm') or go into ISPF option 6 and enter the TSO command there. If the ISPF interface is not started or has been shut down then TSO commands can be entered at the READY prompt.

Language Processing Commands:

asm	invoke assembler prompter and assembler f compiler.
calc	invoke itf:pl/1 processor for desk calculator mode.
cobol	invoke cobol prompter and cobol compiler.
fort	invoke fortran prompter and fortran iv g1 compiler.
pli	invoke pli optimizing compiler
plic	invoke pli checkout compiler
vsapl	invoke vsapl interpreter for tso

Program Control Commands:

call	load and execute the specified load module.
link	invoke link prompter and linkage editor.
loadgo	load and execute program.
run	compile, load, and execute program.
test	test user program.

Data Management Commands:

allocate	allocate a data set.
convert	sift itf/pl1 and fortran source.
copy	copy a data set.
delete	delete a data set.
edit	create, edit, and/or execute a data set.
format	format and print a text data set.
free	release a data set.
list	display a data set.
listalc	display active data sets.
listbc	display messages from operator/user.
listcat	display user catalogued data sets.
listds	display data set attributes.
merge	combine data sets.
protect	password protect data sets.
rename	rename a data set.

System Control Commands:

account	modify/add/delete user attributes.
operator	place terminal in operator mode.

Session Control:

exec	invoke command procedure.
help	invoke help processor.
logoff	end terminal session.
logon	start terminal session.
profile	define user characteristics.
send	send message to operator/user.
terminal	define terminal characteristics.
time	log session usage time.
when	conditionally execute next command.

Foreground Initiated Background Commands:

cancel	cancel background job.
output	direct output medium for background job.
status	list status of background job.
submit	submit background job.

Access Method Service Commands:

alter	alter attributes in catalog entries.
cnvtcat	entries in an os catalog are converted to entries in an existing vs2 master or user catalog.
define	define user catalogs,data spaces, clusters, page spaces, nonvsam datasets, alias names, and generation data groups.
export	move a cluster or user catalog entry from the system in which the command is executed.
import	move a cluster or user catalog entry into the system in which the command is executed.
print	list all or part of an indexed sequential, sequential, or vsam dataset.
repro	copy vsam clusters, catalogs, and nonvsam datasets.
verify	verify end of file.

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