diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e740da7bb7..9ca12300d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ manifest.json
 artifactory-download-spec.json
 
 # zowe jobs output
-output/
+./output/
 
 # release temporary folder
 .release/
diff --git a/bin/commands/internal/config/output/.examples b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/.examples
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3234dd5106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/.examples
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zwe internal config output -c /path/to/zowe.yaml
diff --git a/bin/commands/internal/config/output/.help b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/.help
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab013c019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/.help
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Outputs the merged YAML used at Zowe runtime into zowe.workspaceDirectory/.env/.zowe-merged.yaml
diff --git a/bin/commands/internal/config/output/cli.ts b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/cli.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e9ae4c7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/cli.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+  This program and the accompanying materials are made available
+  under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0 which
+  accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+  https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+ 
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ 
+  Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
+*/
+import * as std from 'cm_std';
+import * as index from './index';
+index.execute();
diff --git a/bin/commands/internal/config/output/index.sh b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/index.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2765d6f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/index.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#######################################################################
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available
+# under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0 which
+# accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+# Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
+#######################################################################
+
+_CEE_RUNOPTS="XPLINK(ON),HEAPPOOLS(OFF),HEAPPOOLS64(OFF)" ${ZWE_zowe_runtimeDirectory}/bin/utils/configmgr -script "${ZWE_zowe_runtimeDirectory}/bin/commands/internal/config/output/cli.js"
diff --git a/bin/commands/internal/config/output/index.ts b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f6d98d054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/commands/internal/config/output/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+  This program and the accompanying materials are made available
+  under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0 which
+  accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+  https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+ 
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ 
+  Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
+*/
+
+import * as common from '../../../../libs/common';
+import * as config from '../../../../libs/config';
+
+export function execute() {
+  common.requireZoweYaml();
+  const ZOWE_CONFIG=config.getZoweConfig();
+}