The EXEC statement is given when we want to execute a particular program

The EXEC statement should be followed by the program name

eg : EXEC program1

Here, program1 is the name of the program

EXEC statement is used to execute a program/procedure.
syntax:
//stepname EXEC <positional>,
<keyword>
step name:
-> optional but recommended
-> must be unique in the job
positional parameter can be any one of the following:
PGM=program name
PROC=procedure name
eg: //step1 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//step2 EXEC PROC=P1
keyword parameters used in EXEC statement are:
1.PARM : PARM parameter is used to pass information to program.
PARM=value
value is a string whose length varies from 1 to 100 character
2.COND : COND parameter is used to control the job step execution.It allows execution of one step depending on the retun code of previous step.
COND=(comparsion-code,condition,
stepname)

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