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Edit content from a Unix System Services (USS) file with your terminal and default editor.

Usage

zowe zos-files edit uss-file <ussFilePath> [options]

Positional Arguments

• ussFilePath (string)

  • The path of the USS file 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"

• --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)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --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)

  • The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

• --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

• --zosmf-profile | --zosmf-p (string)

  • The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

• --base-profile | --base-p (string)

  • The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

Base Connection Options

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

Examples

• Edit the contents of the USS file "/a/ibmuser/my_text.txt" in notepad:

  • zowe zos-files edit uss-file /a/ibmuser/my_text.txt --editor notepad Copy

• Edit the contents of the USS file "/a/ibmuser/my_text.txt" in notepad:

  • zowe zos-files edit uss-file /a/ibmuser/my_text.txt --editor C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe Copy

• Edit the contents of the USS file "/a/ibmuser/my_jcl.jcl" with binary flag set:

  • zowe zos-files edit uss-file /a/ibmuser/my_text.txt --binary Copy