IBM Professional Series User Manual

eMS Commands
The CMS command language allows you to create, modify,
debug, and, in general, manipulate a collection of files.
Character Set Usage
You can enter CMS commands using a combination of
characters from six different character sets. The following
figure shows the contents of the character sets.
Character
Set Names
Symbols
Separator Blank
National
Dollar Sign
$
Pound Sign
#
At Sign
@
Alphabetic Uppercase Lowercase
A-Z
a-z
Numeric
Numeric
0-9
Alphameric National $,#,@
Alphabetic
A-Z
a-z
Numeric 0-9
Special All other
characters
Figure
7-2. Character Sets and Their Contents
CMS Command Search Order
When you enter a command line in the CMS environment,
CMS has to locate the command to execute.
If you have
EXEC or MODULE files on any of your accessed disks,
CMS treats them as commands; also, they are known as
user-written commands.
As soon as the command name
is found, the search stops and
the command is executed. The search order is:
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IBM Professional Series Specifications

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Brand	IBM
Model	Professional Series
Category	Software
Language	English