EXEC Statement

The EXEC statement can include an optional PARM parameter to specify the number of lines to be printed between headings in the message data set.

Table 1 shows the syntax of the EXEC statement:

Table 1. Syntax of EXEC statement
Label	Statement	Parameters
//[stepname]	EXEC	PGM=IEBDG[,PARM='LINECT=nnnn']

where:

PGM=IEBDG: specifies that you want to run the IEBDG program.
PARM='LINECT=nnnn': specifies the number of lines to be printed per page on the output listing. The number is a 4-digit decimal number from 0000 to 9999.
If PARM is omitted, 58 lines are printed between headings (unless a channel 12 punch is encountered in the carriage control tape, in which case a skip to channel 1 is performed and a heading is printed).