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View the contents of a z/OS data set

Usage

zowe zos-ftp view data-set <dataSet> [options]

Positional Arguments

• dataSet (string)

  • The data set (PDS member or physical sequential data set) which you would like to view the contents of.

Options

• --binary | -b (boolean)

  • View content in binary form without converting to ASCII text

• --secure-ftp (boolean)

  • Set to true for both control and data connection encryption, 'control' for control connection encryption only, or 'implicit' for implicitly encrypted control connection (this mode is deprecated in modern times, but usually uses port 990). Note: Unfortunately, this plugin's functionality only works with FTP and FTPS, not 'SFTP' which is FTP over SSH.

    Default value: true

• --connection-timeout | --ct (number)

  • How long (in milliseconds) to wait for the control connection to be established.

    Default value: 10000

Required Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The hostname or IP address of the z/OS server to connect to.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The port of the z/OS FTP server.

    Default value: 21

• --user | -u (string)

  • Username for authentication on z/OS

• --password | -p | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Password to authenticate to FTP.

TLS / Secure Connection options

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

  • Reject self-signed certificates. Only specify this if you are connecting to a secure FTP instance.

• --server-name | --sn (string)

  • Server name for the SNI (Server Name Indication) TLS extension. Only specify if you are connecting securely

Profile Options

• --zftp-profile | --zftp-p (string)

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

Examples

• View the content of the data set "ibmuser.cntl(iefbr14)":

  • zowe zos-ftp view data-set "ibmuser.cntl(iefbr14)" Copy

• View the content of the data set "ibmuser.loadlib(main)" and pipe it into the hex viewer program xxd:

  • zowe zos-ftp view data-set "ibmuser.loadlib(main)" -b | xxd Copy