Using the session panel command line

You can enter any z/OS® Debugger command in the command field. You can also enter any TSO command by prefixing them with SYSTEM or TSO. Commands can be up to 48 SBCS characters or 23 DBCS characters in length.

If you need to enter a lengthy command, z/OS Debugger provides a command continuation character, the SBCS hyphen (-). When the current programming language is C and C++, you can also use the backslash (\) as a continuation character. You can continue requesting additional command lines by entering the continuation characters until you complete your command.

z/OS Debugger also provides automatic continuation if your command is not complete; for example, if you enter a left brace ({) without the matching right brace (}). If you need to continue your command, z/OS Debugger displays the Command pop-up window. You type in the rest of your command and any other commands. Press Enter to run the commands and close the Command pop-up window.

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