ISeries QSHELL


Qshell is a command-line interpreter for IBM i operating environment on IBM Power Systems computer platform. Qshell is based on POSIX and X/Open standards. The utilities 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.
IBM Portable Application Solutions Environment for i enables port of IBM AIX applications to the IBM i platform.
To use PASE, CALL QP2TERM.