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Download content from a USS file to a local file on your PC

Usage

zowe rse-api-for-zowe-cli download uss-file <ussFileName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• ussFileName (string)

  • The name of the USS file you want to download

Options

• --binary | -b (boolean)

  • Download the file content in binary mode, which means that no data conversion is performed. The data transfer process returns each line as-is, without translation. No delimiters are added between records.

• --encoding | --ec (string)

  • Upload the file content with encoding mode, which means that data conversion is performed using the file encoding specified.

• --file | -f (string)

  • The path to the local file where you want to download the content. When you omit the option, the command generates a file name automatically for you.

Profile Options

• --rse-profile | --rse-p (string)

  • The name of a (rse) 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

• --host | -H (string)

  • Host name of service on the mainframe.

• --port | -P (number)

  • Port number of service on the mainframe.

• --user | -u (string)

  • User name to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Password to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --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.

• --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

Examples

• Download the file "/a/ibmuser/my_text.txt" to "./my_text.txt":

  • zowe rse-api-for-zowe-cli download uss-file "/a/ibmuser/my_text.txt" -f "./my_text.txt" Copy

• Download the file "/a/ibmuser/my_text.txt" to "./my_text.txt" in binary mode:

  • zowe rse-api-for-zowe-cli download uss-file "/a/ibmuser/my_text.txt" -b -f "./my_text.txt" Copy