You can use the CL CALL command to run a program (type *PGM). You can use the command interactively, as part of a batch job, or include it in a CL program. If you need prompting, type CALL and press F4 (Prompt). If you need help, type CALL and press F1 (Help).
For example, to call the program EMPRPT from the command line, type:
CALL EMPRPTThe program object specified must exist in a library and this library must be contained in the library list *LIBL. You can also explicitly specify the library in the CL CALL command as follows:
CALL MYLIB/EMPRPTFor further information about using the CL CALL command, see the CL and APIs section of the Programming category in the i5/OS Information Center at this Web site - http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/infocenter/.
Once you call your program, the IBM i system performs the instructions found in the program.