Re: QSHELL commands (was: Stmf copy with add)

["James W. Kilgore" <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brendan,

This gets my vote.  QCMD with full prompting and cursor sensitive help and F4
display of choices would go a long way towards *nix usability.

Also, with parameter substitution capability, a *YES/*NO parameter could be
converted into the appropriate switch setting.

This would make life simpler and more productive for us mere mortals.

Brendan Bispham wrote:
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>
> We seem to forget how much the AS400 world could donate to the Linux world -
> where nothing is cast in stone...
>
> There's no reason why "we" cant go out there and change Linux's BASH shell
> for an iseries QCL interactive shell (iQISH) that aliased predictable
> commands to the Unix equivalents.... DSPPFM=CAT, WRKACTJOB=TOP, WRKUSRJOB=ps
> etc. F4 prompting could be indexed or extrapolated from the man pages so CP
> could be entered as CPYF FROMFILES(file1 file2) TOLIB(/home/data) or CPYF F4
> with F1 help for the parameters, F9/10 for 'advanced parameters'....
>
> Most Unix folks would shudder at the idea, but I think Linux is crying out
> for a uniform CL interface... and who better to design it than those who
> appreciate OS400 :)