To issue commands to a PowerExchange process that is not managed by a PowerExchange application service, you must use the pwxcmd program. To issue commands to a PowerExchange process that is managed by a PowerExchange application service, use the infacmd pwx program instead. For more information about the infacmd pwx program, see the

Informatica Command Reference

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You can issue pwxcmd commands on a Linux, UNIX, or Windows system from a command line, script, or batch job to any of the following processes and systems:

With pwxcmd, you can issue the same commands that you can issue from the command line against these PowerExchange processes.

Before issuing pwxcmd commands, you must configure PowerExchange processes to receive pwxcmd commands. The configuration tasks that you must complete depend on which PowerExchange process is the target of pwxcmd commands. For more information, see Configuring PowerExchange Processes to Receive pwxcmd Commands.

When you issue pwxcmd commands, each pwxcmd command must include the user-defined service name for the PowerExchange process that is the target of the command. In addition, if you enable security, you must specify a user ID and a password or encrypted password when you issue a pwxcmd command. For more information, see pwxcmd Command Syntax.

The output from pwxcmd commands appears on the command line or in a file to which you pipe the output on the Linux, UNIX, or Windows system from which you issue the commands. For more information, see Running pwxcmd Commands from the Command Line and Scripting pwxcmd Commands.