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DCL Digital Command Language
Digital command language is a Command language or scripting language that tells the operating system to perform specific operations. DCL allows the many of Object Oriented Programming features e.g data-types, including strings, integer, arrays and Boolean but don't allow the floating point data types. DCL allows all iteration features to perform the series of commands to the operating system.
DCL commands let you do the following:
- Get information about the system
- Work with files
- Work with disks, magnetic tapes, and other devices
- Modify your work environment
- Develop and execute programs
- Provide security and ensure that resources are used efficiently
DCL Commands
| Commands | Description |
| COPY | Makes a copy of a specified file |
| COPY/FTP | Transfers files between hosts over a TCP/IP network |
| CREATE | Creates files or directories |
| DELETE | Erases a specified file and removes it from a directory |
| DIRECTORY | Displays the contents of a directory (list of files) |
| EDIT | Views and changes the contents of a text file |
| LOGOUT | Ends your session |
| Sends a specified file to a printer for printing | |
| RENAME | Changes the name or the location of a specified file |
| SET | Controls how you see the system on the screen |
| SHOW | Displays the status of the system |
| TYPE | Displays the contents of a specified file on the screen |
