Table 1 lists the new and changed shell commands. For details, see z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference.
| Command name | Release | Description | Reason for change |
|---|---|---|---|
| automount | z/OS® V1R12 | Updated command: Release updates and removal of restriction that the zFS file system must be a compatibility mode file system. | Command enhancement |
| z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: The -f option
displays the information of the job that last accessed the specified
file system. A list of allocation-spec keywords for allocany and allocuser has been added. A new keyword, charcase, was added. It indicates the case for names that can match the * specification. |
Automount enhancement | |
| bpxmtext | z/OS V2R1 | New option: The -d option specifies that the reason_code or error_number is provided as a decimal number. | Errno support |
| bpxtrace | z/OS V1R12 | Updated command: Various updates were made to the command. | Command update |
| cat | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CONV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| c89 | z/OS V1R12 | Updated command: The -l libname option was added. | Command update |
 cd |
z/OS V2R1 |
Updated exit value: Exit
value 2 can also be a result of too many arguments. |
Clarification |
| chtag | z/OS V1R12 | Updated command: Various updates were made to the command. | Command update |
| cmp | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| comm | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| cp | z/OS V1R12 | Updated command: Various updates have been made, including information about the record file format. | Command enhancement |
| cut | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| dbgld | z/OS V1R12 | Updated command: Various updates were made to the command. | Command update |
| dbx and dbx subcommands | z/OS V1R12 | Updated command and subcommands: Various updates were made to the command. A usage note was added to the dbx commands goto and gotoi. The unload subcommand was also updated. The examples were updated to include one for the _CEE_RUNOPTS="test(all)" environment variable. | Command update |
| z/OS V2R1 | Updated subcommand: The $showcodelines variable was added to the set subcommand. It indicates the lines where the debugger can stop and where breakpoints can be set. | Debug enhancement | |
| z/OS V2R1 |
New variable: A new
variable, $novregs, was added to the set subcommand
of dbx. The usage note for the registers subcommand
was also updated with information about displaying and assigning vector
registers. |
dbx support of vector-enabled programs |
|
| df | z/OS V1R13 | Updated option: The -v option now displays the user name and effective user ID. | Nonprivileged user mounts |
| diff | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| dircmp | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| ed | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| egrep | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. | Additional text conversion support |
| ex | z/OS V1R13 | New -W option and new -B file tag specific option: Support is added to edit untagged z/OS files containing ASCII data or to override the code set value of tagged files. | Enhanced text conversion control |
| z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Enhanced text conversion control | |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| expand | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| extattr | z/OS V1R12 | New file format: Support is added for the record file format. | Command enhancement |
| fgrep | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. | Additional text conversion support |
| file | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| fuser | z/OS V1R12 | New restriction: A restriction was added. | Command clarification |
| grep | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| head | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| kill | z/OS V1R12 | Command update: The process to be killed must belong to the current user; however, any process can be killed by a superuser. | Command clarification |
| ls | z/OS V1R12 | New file format: Updated to reflect record file format support. | Command enhancement |
| z/OS V2R1 | New usage note: A usage note was added to the ls command about issuing the ls command against a large directory structure. | APAR OA46568 | |
| mount | z/OS V1R13 | New option: If the -m option is used, the file name can be for any file or directory within the file system. | Mount granularity |
| z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: The parameter key has new options. | Early warning of full file systems | |
| more | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. The interactive commands section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| mv | z/OS V1R12 | Command update: Updated to reflect record file format support. | Command enhancement |
| obrowse | z/OS V1R13 | New environment variable: BPXWISHISPF controls the use of the ISPF browse dialog service. | Command enhancement |
| oedit | z/OS V1R13 | New environment variable: BPXWISHISPF controls the use of the ISPF browse dialog service. | Command enhancement |
| pack | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| paste | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| pax | z/OS V1R12 | Command update: Various updates were made, including information about the record file format. | Command enhancement |
| rmdir | z/OS V1R12 | Command update: Minor updates were made to the exit values documentation. | Command clarification |
| script | z/OS V1R13 | New command: Makes a typescript of a terminal session. | Release enhancement |
| sed | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| skulker | z/OS V1R12 | New option: The -R option specifies a recursive move through subdirectories to find both non-directory files and subdirectories that are equal to or older than the specified number of days. Other documentation updates were made, including an update to the restriction. | Command enhancement |
| sh | z/OS V2R1 | Variable update: The TMOUT variable includes text on using the PWT BPXPRMxx option instead. | Logging off unattended terminals |
| z/OS V2R1 | New restriction: If If the tagged script is being run with automatic conversion enabled, the code page of the locale must be SBCS. | Unicode exploitation | |
| z/OS V2R1 | New restriction: Certain arithmetic substitution was changed to comply with UNIX specifications. | APAR OA46394 | |
| strings | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| su | z/OS V1R12 | Command update: Additional information was added. | Command update |
| tail | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction: The filecodeset restriction of the -W option was removed. | Unicode exploitation | |
| tcsh | z/OS V2R1 | New restriction: If If the tagged script is being run with automatic conversion enabled, the code page of the locale must be SBCS. | Unicode exploitation |
| tso | z/OS V1R12 | Command update: Various documentation updates were made. | Command update |
| tsocmd | z/OS V1R12 | New command: Runs a TSO/E command from the shell (including authorized commands). | Release enhancements |
| unmount | z/OS V1R13 | New option and parameter: The -m option specifies that the name... parameter can be any file or directory within the file system to be unmounted. | Command enhancements |
| A rule concerning mount authority was added. | Command clarification | ||
| unexpand | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |
| vi | z/OS V1R13 | New -W option and new -B file tag specific option Support is added to edit untagged z/OS files containing ASCII data or to override the code set value of tagged files. | Enhanced text conversion control |
| z/OS V2R1 | Updated command:
|
Additional text conversion support | |
| z/OS V2R1 | Removed restriction:
|
Unicode exploitation | |
| wc | z/OS V2R1 | Updated command: New options were added. TEXT_CNV was added to the Environment Variables section. The Portability section was updated. | Additional text conversion support |