Common AS/400 commands

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AS/400 (Application System/400) is the operating system made by IBM. Companies use this system for enterprise resource planning (ERP) in industries that involve extreme reliability. Below is a list of common AS/400 commands that are useful for your everyday knowledge base.

 

DSPMSG Displays messages in queue
DSPMSGD Displays description of messages, ie CPF messages
WRKMSGF QCPFMSG Displays contents of MONMSG file
WRKUSRPRF – Can work with specified user’s profile
WRKSBMJOB *JOB  Displays my jobs for the current session
WRKACTJOB Displays all active jobs
WRKUSRJOB Displays list of my jobs to work with
WRKOBJ Work with an object.  Use *ALLUSR in qualified name to skip Q libraries
WRKSPLF Displays spool files
WRKOUTQ Displays members in specified OUTQ
DISPLIB Displays contents of specified library
EDTLIBL Allows addition and deletion of libraries to and from list
ADDLIBLE Library Name Add library to current list
STRPDM Start PDM
STRDBG Start Debug
ADDBKP Add a break point and variables to monitor in debug
RMVBKP Remove a break point in debug
ENDDBG End Debug
STRDBU Start DBU (Database Utility) Look at and make changes to the database
DBU Qualified Name Runs DBU without the above command.  ADDLIBLE DBU41 *LAST before using
STRDFU Start DFU (Data File Utility) Many of the same functions of DBU
DSPFFD Displays file field descriptions
DSPFD Displays file description for specified file
DSPPFM Displays member of a physical file
DSPDBF Displays contents of database file.
Must add TAATOOL to library list before using this command
DSPPGMREF Display the files used in a program and which libraries the program was compiled over
PRTRNG Will allow printing a range of pages from a member in the specified OUTQ.
Must add PRTRNG to library list before using this command
OUTQ(PRINTER) Mark object in spool file with 2 for change.  Type this on the command line.
WRKJOBSCDE Look at scheduled jobs
RUNQRY QRYFILE(LIB/FILE) Run query on a file with no parameters
DSPDBR  LIB/FILE Shows logicals related to a physical file

 

DSPMSG Displays messages in queue
DSPMSGD Displays description of messages, ie CPF messages
WRKMSGF QCPFMSG Displays contents of MONMSG file
WRKUSRPRF – Can work with specified user’s profile
WRKSBMJOB *JOB  Displays my jobs for the current session
WRKACTJOB Displays all active jobs
WRKUSRJOB Displays list of my jobs to work with
WRKOBJ Work with an object.  Use *ALLUSR in qualified name to skip Q libraries
WRKSPLF Displays spool files
WRKOUTQ Displays members in specified OUTQ
DISPLIB Displays contents of specified library
EDTLIBL Allows addition and deletion of libraries to and from list
ADDLIBLE Library Name Add library to current list
STRPDM Start PDM
STRDBG Start Debug
ADDBKP Add a break point and variables to monitor in debug
RMVBKP Remove a break point in debug
ENDDBG End Debug
STRDBU Start DBU (Database Utility) Look at and make changes to the database
DBU Qualified Name Runs DBU without the above command.  ADDLIBLE DBU41 *LAST before using
STRDFU Start DFU (Data File Utility) Many of the same functions of DBU
DSPFFD Displays file field descriptions
DSPFD Displays file description for specified file
DSPPFM Displays member of a physical file
DSPDBF Displays contents of database file.
Must add TAATOOL to library list before using this command
DSPPGMREF Display the files used in a program and which libraries the program was compiled over
PRTRNG Will allow printing a range of pages from a member in the specified OUTQ.
Must add PRTRNG to library list before using this command
OUTQ(PRINTER) Mark object in spool file with 2 for change.  Type this on the command line.
WRKJOBSCDE Look at scheduled jobs
RUNQRY QRYFILE(LIB/FILE) Run query on a file with no parameters
DSPDBR  LIB/FILE Shows logicals related to a physical file