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ADDRESS USS CMD—Issue USS Commands

The CMD command issues a USS command or any internal command that is executed by the Event Management component of CCS for z/OS. The response is displayed on the CA Event Manager console. No response lines are returned.

Limits: The maximum length of the complete USS command including keywords and operands is 2048 bytes.

This command has the following format:

ADDRESS USS "CMD keywords"

/* Optional API Keywords      */
  [COMMAND('cmd text')]
  [CATEGORY('category name')]
  [SOURCE('source name')]
  [COLOR(red|green|yellow|orange|blue|pink|purple)]
  [ATTRIBUTE(BLINK|REVERSE)]
  [USERID('user id')]
  [USERDATA('user data')]
  [PROCESS('process data')]
  [WORKSTATION('workstation name')]
  [TAG ('platform')]
  [DEVICE('device name')]
  [NODE(nodename)]

/* Optional USS Keywords     */
  [LOG(Y|N)]
  [STEM(stem)]
  [WAIT(seconds)]
  [DELAY(seconds)]

The optional API keyword COMMAND of the CMD command has this value:

COMMAND

(Optional) Defines the text of the API command.

For the values of the other API keywords, see API Keywords in this chapter.

The USS keywords of the CMD command have these values:

LOG, STEM, WAIT, and DELAY

(Optional) You may specify the LOG, STEM, WAIT, and DELAY keywords, which are common to all ADDRESS USS commands.

More information:

Keywords Common to All ADDRESS USS Commands