## zowe › zos-jobs › submit › uss-file

Submit a job (JCL) contained in a USS file. The command does not pre-validate the USS file path. The command presents errors verbatim from the z/OSMF Jobs REST endpoints. For more information about z/OSMF Jobs API errors, see the z/OSMF Jobs API REST documentation.

#### Usage

zowe zos-jobs submit uss-file <file> [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `file` (string)

  - Path to the USS file that contains the JCL to submit.

#### Options

- `--wait-for-active` | `--wfa` (boolean)

  - Wait for the job to enter ACTIVE status before completing the command.

- `--wait-for-output` | `--wfo` (boolean)

  - Wait for the job to enter OUTPUT status before completing the command.

- `--view-all-spool-content` | `--vasc` (boolean)

  - Print all spool output. If you use this option you will wait for the job to complete.

- `--directory` | `-d` (string)

  - The local directory you would like to download the output of the job. Creates a subdirectory using the jobID as the name and files are titled based on DD names. If you use this option you will wait for the job to complete.

- `--extension` | `-e` (string)

  - A file extension to save the job output with. Default is '.txt'.

- `--jcl-symbols` | `--js` (string)

  - A string of JCL symbols to use for substitution. For symbol values with no spaces: "symbol1=value1 symbol2=value2 ...". When a value contains spaces, enclose the value in single quotes: "symbol1='value 1 with spaces' symbol2='value 2 with spaces' ...". To embed a single quote in a value, use two single quotes: "NAME=O''Brian".

#### Zosmf Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - The z/OSMF server host name.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

- `--password` | `--pass` | `--pw` (string)

  - Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

- `--base-path` | `--bp` (string)

  - The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

- `--protocol` (string)

  - The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

- `--completion-timeout` | `--cto` (number)

  - The amount in time, in seconds, a REST operation should wait to complete before timing out

- `--establish-connection-timeout` | `--ecto` (number)

  - The amount of time, in seconds, a REST operation should wait while connecting to the server before timing out

#### Profile Options

- `--zosmf-profile` | `--zosmf-p` (string)

  - The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--base-profile` | `--base-p` (string)

  - The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

#### Response Format Options

- `--response-format-filter` | `--rff` (array)

  - Filter (include) fields in the response. Accepts an array of field/property names to include in the output response. You can filter JSON objects properties OR table columns/fields. In addition, you can use this option in conjunction with '--response-format-type' to reduce the output of a command to a single field/property or a list of a single field/property.

- `--response-format-type` | `--rft` (string)

  - The command response output format type. Must be one of the following:

    table: Formats output data as a table. Use this option when the output data is an array of homogeneous JSON objects. Each property of the object will become a column in the table.

    list: Formats output data as a list of strings. Can be used on any data type (JSON objects/arrays) are stringified and a new line is added after each entry in an array.

    object: Formats output data as a list of prettified objects (or single object). Can be used in place of "table" to change from tabular output to a list of prettified objects.

    string: Formats output data as a string. JSON objects/arrays are stringified.

    Allowed values: table, list, object, string

- `--response-format-header` | `--rfh` (boolean)

  - If "--response-format-type table" is specified, include the column headers in the output.

#### Examples

- Submit the JCL in the USS file "/a/ibmuser/compile.jcl":

  - `zowe zos-jobs submit uss-file "/a/ibmuser/compile.jcl"`

- Submit the JCL in the USS file "/a/ibmuser/compile.jcl", wait for the job to complete and print all output from the job:

  - `zowe zos-jobs submit uss-file "/a/ibmuser/compile.jcl" --view-all-spool-content`