Edit content from a z/OS data set with your terminal and default editor.
Usage
zowe zos-files edit data-set <dataSetName> [options]
Positional Arguments
-
dataSetName
(string)
- The name of the data set you want to edit.
Options
-
--editor
| --ed
(string)
- Editor that overrides the default editor for this file type. Set the option to the editor's executable file location or the program's name: ie "--editor notepad"
-
--extension
| --ext
(string)
- Set the file extension of the file for editing to leverage an editor's file-type-specific formatting: ie "--extension jcl"
-
--binary
| -b
(boolean)
- Transfer the file content in binary mode (no EBCDIC to ASCII conversion).
-
--encoding
| --ec
(string)
- Transfer the file content with encoding mode, which means that data conversion is performed using the file encoding specified.
-
--response-timeout
| --rto
(number)
- The maximum amount of time in seconds the z/OSMF Files TSO servlet should run before returning a response. Any request exceeding this amount of time will be terminated and return an error. Allowed values: 5 - 600
Zosmf Connection Options
-
--host
| -H
(string)
- The z/OSMF server host name.
-
--port
| -P
(number)
-
The z/OSMF server port.
Default value: 443
-
--user
| -u
(string)
- Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.
-
--password
| --pass
| --pw
(string)
- Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.
-
--reject-unauthorized
| --ru
(boolean)
-
--base-path
| --bp
(string)
- The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.
-
--protocol
(string)
-
--cert-file
(local file path)
- The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication
-
--cert-key-file
(local file path)
- The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication
Profile Options
Base Connection Options
Examples
-
Edit the contents of the data set member "ibmuser.cntl(iefbr14)":
zowe zos-files edit data-set ibmuser.cntl(iefbr14) --editor notepad
-
Edit the contents of the data set member "ibmuser.cntl(iefbr14)":
zowe zos-files edit data-set ibmuser.cntl(iefbr14) --editor C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe
-
Edit the contents of the data set member "ibmuser.jcl(iefbr14)" and set extension as "jcl":
zowe zos-files edit data-set ibmuser.jcl(iefbr14) --binary