HCL Workload Automation, Version 9.4

Delimeters and special characters

Table 1 lists characters have special meanings in composer commands.
Table 1. Delimeters and special characters for composer
Character Description
& Command delimiter. See Running the composer program.
; Argument delimiter. For example:
;info;offline
= Value delimiter. For example:
sched=sked5
: ! Command prefixes that pass the command on to the system. These prefixes are optional; if composer does not recognize the command, it is passed automatically to the system. For example:
!ls or :ls
<< >> Comment brackets. Comments can be placed on a single line anywhere in a job stream. For example:
schedule foo <<comment>> on everyday
* Comment prefix. When this prefix is the first character on a line, the entire line is a comment. When the prefix follows a command, the remainder of the line is a comment. For example:
*comment 
or 
print& *comment
> Redirects command output to a file, overwriting the contents of that file. If the file does not exist, it is created. For example:
display parms > parmlist
>> Redirects command output to a file and appends the output to the end of file. If the file does not exist, it is created. For example:
display parms >> parmlist
| Pipes command output to a system command or process. The system command is run whether or not output is generated. For example:
display parms | grep alparm
|| Pipes command output to a system command or process. The system command is not run if there is no output. For example:
display parms || grep alparm