Iseries Qshell

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Qshell
Developer(s)IBM
Operating systemIBM i
PlatformIBM Power Systems
Standard(s)POSIX, X/Open
Available inEnglish
TypeCommand shell
WebsiteQshell

Qshell is a command-line interpreter (shell) for IBM i operating environment on IBM Power Systems computer platform. Qshell is based on POSIX and X/Open standards. The utilities (or commands) are external programs that provide additional functions.

Compared to PASE for i

According to IBM, QSHELL is a “UNIX-like” interface built over IBM i. The commands issueed by the user point to programs in a “Qshell” library. To use Qshell, key STRQSH or QSH on an command line, or pass a command string to the QSH command, or use UNIXCMD, an open-source utility created by Scott Klement which allows the execution of QShell commands through an RPG special file.[1]

IBM Portable Application Solutions Environment for i (PASE for i) enables port of IBM AIX applications to the IBM i platform. To use PASE, CALL QP2TERM.

Further reading

  • Holt, Ted. Qshell for iSeries. ISBN 1-58347-046-8. 

See also

  • Comparison of computer shells

References

  1. "It's Easy to Run PHP, QShell, and PASE Tools from RPG". 12 November 2009. http://iprodeveloper.com/rpg-programming/its-easy-run-php-qshell-and-pase-tools-rpg. Retrieved 12 April 2016. 

External links

  • Qshell
  • "Qshell". IBM. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzahz/rzahzintro.htm. Retrieved 11 June 2020. 
  • Exploring iSeries QSHELL




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