JCL statements

Table 1. MVS Job Control Language (JCL) Statements
Statement	Name	Purpose
// command	JCL command	Enters an MVS™ system operator command through the input stream. The command statement is used primarily by the operator. Use the COMMAND statement instead of the JCL command statement.
// COMMAND	command	Specifies an MVS or JES command that the system issues when the JCL is converted. Use the COMMAND statement instead of the JCL command statement.
//* comment	comment	Contains comments. The comment statement is used primarily to document a program and its resource requirements.
// CNTL	control	Marks the beginning of one or more program control statements.
// DD	data definition	Identifies and describes a data set.
/*	delimiter	Indicates the end of data placed in the input stream. Note: A user can designate any two characters to be the delimiter.
// ENDCNTL	end control	Marks the end of one or more program control statements.
// EXEC	execute	Marks the beginning of a job step; assigns a name to the step; identifies the program or the cataloged or in-stream procedure to be executed in this step.
// IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF	IF/THEN/ELSE/ ENDIF statement construct	Specifies conditional execution of job steps within a job.
// INCLUDE	include	Identifies a member of a partitioned data set (PDS) or partitioned data set extended (PDSE) that contains JCL statements to include in the job stream.
// JCLLIB	JCL library	Identifies the libraries that the system will search for: INCLUDE groups Procedures named in EXEC statements.
// JOB	job	Marks the beginning of a job; assigns a name to the job.
//	null	Marks the end of a job.
// OUTPUT	output JCL	Specifies the processing options that the job entry subsystem is to use for printing a sysout data set.
// PEND	procedure end	Marks the end of an in-stream or cataloged procedure.
// PROC	procedure	Marks the beginning of an in-stream procedure and may mark the beginning of a cataloged procedure; assigns default values to parameters defined in the procedure.
// SET	set	Defines and assigns initial values to symbolic parameters used when processing JCL statements. Changes or nullifies the values assigned to symbolic parameters.
// XMIT	transmit	Transmits input stream records from one node to another.