Category:Commands

Commands available in OS/400 both come with the 400 and can be added by programmers.

Command Structure

IBM supplies over 1,500 commands native to OS/400 that are composed of 3 letter abbreviations (usually 3 letters) of a compound combination of Verb-Object-Modifier as shown by examples below. If you know part of the name of some command, you can use GO CMDxxx to get a menu of all commands which include xxx as part of the name.

• GO CMDSCDE for Scheduler

Verb

This is not a complete list.

If you know part of a command name, but forget the whole thing, key first few letters then * asterisk wild card to get list of all commands with that prefix.

• ADD to an object's contents
• CHG Change
• CLR Clear the contents of an object
• CRT Create an object
• DLT Delete an object
• DSP Display
• END
• HLD Hold
• RLS Release from Hold
• STR Start
• WRK Work with
  • Most WRK includes access to many other commands vs. same kind of objecrt, such as ADD CHG DEL

Object

Modifier