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amarnadh manikanta
amarnadh manikanta

Reputation: 11

How to create a AS400 shell script (.ksh) file

I am new to shell script on iSeries, but i have created one sample script:

#!/bin/ksh

cd /QIBM/Userdata/employeedetails/

pwd

ls -ltr

I placed it under /QIBM/testscript.ksh and tried to run the script on the main menu using STRQSH CMD('/QIBM/testscript.ksh')

I got this error, can someone please let me know what did do wrong here?

qsh: 001-0014 Command /QIBM/testscript.ksh not found. 

Press ENTER to end terminal session.

I am wondering, is it possible to create shell script on the iSeries (AS/400)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3883

Answers (2)

Korinne Adler
Korinne Adler

Reputation: 676

Did you make the script executable? Unless you have *ALLOBJ authority, you must mark the script executable by executing either

chmod 755 /QIBM/testscript.ksh from a shell or

CHGAUT OBJ('/QIBM/testscript.ksh') USER(USRNAME) DTAAUT(*RWX) from CL

It also looks like you maybe forgot the # in the first line, unless it's just a Stack Overflow formatting mistake. Your first line should be:

#!/QOpenSys/usr/bin/ksh

as ksh is not found in /bin on IBM i.

Upvotes: 1

James Allman
James Allman

Reputation: 41168

It is certainly possible to create a shell script.

The default shell is Qshell which can be referenced as /bin/qsh or /bin/sh.

echo '#!/bin/sh
pwd
ls -ltr' > $HOME/testscript.sh

To run it:

STRQSH CMD('$HOME/testscript.sh')

Korn shell is available with IBM PASE for i at /qopensys/usr/bin/sh or /qopensys/usr/bin/ksh.

Also I would advise against putting things in the /QIBM directory. I suggest $HOME or /opt. See the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for more information.

Upvotes: 1

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