If you are interested in working with the z/OS® shell, read this information as well as:

• Working with z/OS shell commands
• Writing z/OS shell scripts

You can personalize your use of the z/OS shell. This topic covers this information:

• Creating or modifying your .profile file
• Understanding shell variables
• Customizing your shell environment with the ENV variable
• Customizing the search path for commands with the PATH variable
• Improving the performance of shell scripts
• Changing the locale
• Customizing the language of messages
• Setting the time zone
• Building a STEPLIB environment
• Setting options for a shell session