On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:33 AM Michel Beaulieu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On z/VM and my RHEL 7 laptop, I have this tool  that I use.
> Perhaps you can extend it to fit your purpose.
> On a command line, I type:
> calc <rexx statement>
>
> [<mydir>]$ cat ~/sbin/calc
> #!/usr/bin/rexx
> /*  REXX  */
>  trace errors
>  rc = 0
>  PARSE ARG expr
>  IF expr <> '' THEN DO
>       numeric digits 20
>            interpret 'Say' expr
>                  EXIT
>                     end
>
>   exit rc
>
> ===
> I hope this helps!
>

Yes, I guess that I could write a REXX script which itself does what I want
the "rexx" command to do. I was thinking of writing something in C or
HLASM. But doing it in REXX itself would likely be easier. The only
"problem" might be in how large a REXX program the "INTERPRET" command can
do. And there are some exclusions, e.g. no labels and so no SIGNAL <label>.



>
> Michel Beaulieu
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