Answer Posted / abhijit saha

You can do it using SYSIN parameter in JCl and ACCEPT in
COBOL-

JCL using SYSIN

//STEP01 EXEC PGM=CBLPRGM
//STEPLIB DD DSN=SOMETIME.DEMO.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR
//SYSIN DD *
This is a single parameter from STEP01 and SYSIN
/*

Cobol Pgm which uses this JCl

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
..........................
01 SYSIN-PARAMETER pic X(80) value SPACES.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
..........................
ACCEPT SYSIN-PARAMETER from SYSIN

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