Missing/conflicting options in z/OS /bin tools compared to coreutils

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

High Priority

• Options related to text conversion (-B, -W, -T)
• Options for interacting with MVS data sets (-A, -B, -C, -F, -I, -M, -O, -P, -S, -T, -U, -W, -X, -Z in cp and mv)
• Options for handling symbolic links (-e in ln)

Commands

• basename - Return the nondirectory components of a path name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• cat - Concatenate or display files
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• chgrp - Change the group owner of a file or directory
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options(or external link) itself.
• chmod - Change the mode of a file or directory
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• chown - Change the owner or group of a file or directory
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• cksum - Calculate and display checksums and byte counts
  • z/OS Options:
    • -T - Enables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
• comm - Show and select or reject lines common to two files
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• cp - Copy a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -A - Specifies that all suffixes (from the first period to the end of the target) be truncated.
    • -B - Specifies that the data to be copied contains binary data.
    • -C - Specifies truncating the file name to 8 characters to meet the restriction in the MVS data set member.
    • -F - Specifies whether the file is to be treated as binary, text, or record file format when copied; for text files, specifies the end-of-line delimiter.
    • -I - When the specified file has an alias and the file is copied between UNIX to MVS, the alias information is also copied.
    • -M - Specifies that some characters of the file name are converted during the copy process between a UNIX file and an MVS data set member.
    • -O - Allow automatic conversion on source and target files.
    • -S - removes or appends the specified suffix to a file.
    • -T - Specifies that the data to be copied contains text data.
    • -U - Keeps file names in uppercase when copying from MVS data set members to UNIX files.
    • -W - Specifies the parameters that are needed to create a sequential data set if one does not exist.
    • -X - Specifies that the data to be copied is an executable.
    • -Z - Specifies that error messages are not to be displayed when setting ACLs on the target.
• csplit - Split text files
  • z/OS Options:
    • -A - Uses uppercase letters in place of numbers in the number portion of created file names.
    • -a - Uses lowercase letters in place of numbers in the number portion of created file names.
    • -f - Specifies a prefix to use in place of the default xx when naming files.
    • -k - Leaves all created files intact.
    • -n - Specifies the number of digits in the number portion of created file names.
    • -s - Suppresses the display of file sizes.
• cut - Cut out selected fields from each line of a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• date - Display the date and time
  • z/OS Options:
    • -c - Displays the date and displays the time according to Greenwich Mean Time (Coordinated Universal Time).
    • -d - Displays the operating system's concept of the specified date and time.
• dd - Convert and copy a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -T - Enables automatic conversion for tagged files.
• df - Display the amount of free space in the file system
  • z/OS Options:
    • -S - Displays SMF accounting fields.
    • -t - Displays total allocated file slots, in addition to the total number of free files that are already displayed.
    • -v - Lists more detailed information about the file system status.
• dirname - Return the directory components of a path name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• du - Summarize usage of file space
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• echo - Write arguments to standard output
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• env - Display or set environment variables for a process
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• expand - Expand tabs to spaces
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• expr - Evaluate arguments as an expression
  • z/OS Options:
    • -W - Allows the expression to use hexadecimal and octal numbers.
• false - Return a nonzero exit code
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• fold - Break lines into shorter lines
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• head - Display the first part of a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• id - Return the user identity
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• join - Join two sorted textual relational databases
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• kill - End a process or job, or send it a signal
  • z/OS Options:
    • -K - Sends a superkill signal to force the ending of a process or job that did not end as a result of a prior KILL signal.
• link - Create a hard link to a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• ln - Create a link to a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -e - Specifies that the link created by ln is to be an external link.
• logname - Return a user's login name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• ls - List file and directory names and attributes
  • z/OS Options:
    • -D - Displays from directories.
    • -E - Displays extended attributes for regular files.
    • -H - Displays file formats for regular files.
    • -M - Displays the security label of the file.
    • -T - Displays file tag information associated with the file.
• mkdir - Make a directory
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• mkfifo - Make a FIFO special file
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• mv - Rename or move a file or directory
  • z/OS Options:
    • -A - Specifies that all suffixes (from the first period to the end of the target) be truncated.
    • -B - Specifies that the data to be moved contains binary data.
    • -C - Specifies truncating the file name to 8 characters to meet the restriction in the MVS data set member.
    • -F - Specifies whether the file is to be treated as binary, text, or record file format when moved; for text files, specifies the end-of-line delimiter.
    • -M - Specifies that some characters of the file name are converted during the move process between a UNIX file and an MVS data set member.
    • -O - Allow automatic conversion on source and target files.
    • -P - Specifies the parameters that are needed to create a sequential data set if one does not exist.
    • -S - Removes or appends the specified suffix to a file.
    • -T - Specifies that the data to be moved contains text data.
    • -U - Keeps file names in uppercase when moving from MVS data set members to UNIX files.
    • -W - Specifies the parameters that are needed to create a sequential data set if one does not already exist.
    • -X - Specifies that the data to be moved is an executable.
    • -Z - Specifies that error messages are not to be displayed when setting ACLs on the target.
• nice - Run a command at a different priority
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• nl - Number lines in a file command
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• nohup - Start a process that is immune to hangups
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• od - Dump a file in a specified format
  • z/OS Options:
    • -T - Enables automatic conversion for tagged files.
• paste - Merge corresponding or subsequent lines of a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• pathchk - Check a path name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• pr - Format a file in paginated form and send it to standard output
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• printf - Write formatted output
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• pwd - Return the working directory name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• rm - Remove a directory entry
  • z/OS Options:
    • -F - When removing a hierarchy recursively, skips directories in file systems that are different from that of the corresponding command-line argument.
• rmdir - Remove a directory
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• sleep - Suspend execution of a process for an interval of time
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• sort - Sort a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• split - Split a file into manageable pieces
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• stty - Set or display terminal options
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• sum - Calculate and display checksums and block counts
  • z/OS Options:
    • -T - Enables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
• tail - Display the last part of a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• tee - Duplicate the output stream
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• test - Test for a condition
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - True if the file is tagged as binary (not text).
    • -T - True if the file is tagged as text.
• touch - Change the file access and modification times
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• tr - Translate characters
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• true - Return a value of 0
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• tsort - Sort files topologically
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• tty - Return the user's terminal name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• uname - Display the name of the current operating system
  • z/OS Options:
    • -I - The product name information.
• unexpand - Compress spaces into tabs
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• uniq - Report or filter out repeated lines in a file
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• unlink - Removes a directory entry
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• uptime - Report how long the system has been running
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• wc - Count newlines, words, and bytes
  • z/OS Options:
    • -B - Disables the automatic conversion of tagged files.
    • -W - Specifies z/OS-specific options.
• who - Display information about current users
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options
• whoami - Display your effective user name
  • z/OS Options:
    • No unique z/OS specific options