Continuation Characters - and + in z/OS Handler Script
Continuation characters ( - and + ) are useful when you want to execute a script line that is longer than your available z/OS character space. The - character will preserve trailing spaces in your line. The + character will not preserve trailing spaces in your line.
This example shows the use of + to concatenate a command line or a word within a z/OS script without a space as the use of - to continue a line of script where a space is required within the same z/OS handler script.
The following z/OS handler script: begin_script stmt "ls -a >dir + file" stmt "uemFName=`basename \u201c$UEMORIGFILE\u201d | sed 's/\(.*\)+ \.\(.*$\)/\1/'`" stmt "fname=$uemFName.$dt.$tm.$pid.txt" stmt " ls -al >dir+ data" stmt "ls -a - >new+ data" end_script Will produce the following output when loaded to the uemh.db: Handler ID...................: MFCTRIGGER_1 Handler Type.................: SCRIPT Max Acceptable Return Code...: 0 Encrypted User File..........: User ID......................: mfc1a Script statements: ls -a >dirfile uemFName=`basename \u201c$UEMORIGFILE\u201d | sed 's/\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/\1/'` fname=$uemFName.$dt.$tm.$pid.txt ls -al >dirdata ls -a >newdata Script Type..................: bat Command Line Options.........: Last Modified On.............: 06/11/1 01:25:20 PM Last Modified By.............: mfc1a