ISHELL command (ish)

The ISHELL command invokes the ISPF panel interface to z/OS® UNIX® System Services. ISHELL is a good starting point for users familiar with TSO and ISPF who want to use z/OS UNIX.

Figure 1 shows the ISHELL or ISPF Shell panel displayed as a result of the ISHELL or ISH command being entered from ISPF Option 6.

Figure 1. Panel displayed after issuing the ISH command

  File  Directory  Special_file  Tools  File_systems  Options  Setup  Help
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                         UNIX System Services ISPF Shell 

Enter a pathname and do one of these:
 
    - Press Enter
    - Select an action bar choice.
    - Specify an action code or command on the command line.


Return to this panel to work with a different pathname. 
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/u/rogers

To search a user's files and directories, type /u/userid and then press Enter. or example, Figure 2 shows the files and directories of user rogers.

Figure 2. Display of a user's files and directories

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                         Directory List

Select one or more files with / or action codes.  If / is used also select an
action from the action bar otherwise your default action will be used.  Select
with S to use your default action.  Cursor select can also be used for quick 
navigation.  See help for details.
EUID=0   /u/rogers
  Type  Perm  Changed-EST5EDT   Owner        -Size  Filename   Row 1 of 9 
  Dir    700  2002-08-01 10:51  ADMIN         8129  .
  Dir    555  2005-02-13 11:14  AAAAAAA          0  ..
  File   755  1996-02-29 18:02  ADMIN          979  .profile
  File   600  1996-03-01 10:29  ADMIN           29  .sh_history
  Dir    755  2001-06-25 17:43  AAAAAAA       8129  data 
  File   644  2004-06-26 11:27  AAAAAAA      47848  inventory.export
  File   700  2002-08-01 10:51  AAAAAAA         16  myfile
  File   644  2007-06-22 17:53  AAAAAAA      43387  print.export 
  File   644  2007-04-28 18:03  AAAAAAA      84543  Sc.pdf

From here, you use action codes to do any of the following:

b: Browse a file or directory
e: Edit a file or directory
d: Delete a file or directory
r: Rename a file or directory
a: Show the attributes of a file or directory
c: Copy a file or directory