Using IBM Application Development Tools for z/OS and OS/390

48 Using IBM Application Development Tools for z/OS and OS/390

2.1.13 Multiple Find

The FIND utility command (option 3.6) allows you to specify more than one string to search

for, optionally with a limit on the range of columns to be searched. The command can be

entered as shown in Example 2-19.

Example 2-19 FIND utility command

FINd string1 AND string2 OR string3 col1 col2

F string1 & string2 | string3 col1 col2

This is a free form FIND. If you do not specify a column range, the total length of the record is

used. There are some limitations to this utility; use REXX procedures for more complex

processing such as:

򐂰 Search for a string in one field AND/OR another string in another field.

򐂰 Combine FIND and CHANGE in the same command.

When you request the online FIND, you get the results in the SRCHFOR.LIST file specified

on the panel, as shown in Example 2-20.

Example 2-20 Result of combined FIND ‘01’ | ‘03’ 1 2

********************************* Top of Data *********************************

IBM File Manager for z/OS and OS/390

Record-# Find/Change Listing DSN:DAVINR1.DEMOS.TESTFILE

FMNCDATA ---------- STRING(S) FOUND ----------

1 01Grant Sutherland ...-.Í..........................................

2 01Andrew Astle .M...Í..........................................

3 01Graham Purdie .h.;.Ç..........................................

4 01Bill Soper .....Ç..........................................

5 01Tyrone Dalais .0...-..........................................

6 01Rod Turner .Ö.À............................................

7 01Clive Nealon .u.À............................................

8 01Jim Alexander .ì.>............................................

9 01Silvano Prez .....-..........................................

10 01Don Pharoah .....Ä..........................................

11 01John Levrington .è...Å..........................................

12 01Liz Rushton .è...Ã..........................................

13 01Bob McCormack .µ...Î..........................................

14 01Keith Stewart .....ø..........................................

15 01John Nicholls .è...Ñ..........................................

16 01Peter van Dyke .µ...e..........................................

17 01Anna Waghorn .d...-..........................................

18 01Mike Moriarty .....d..........................................

19 01Merrill Bani ...-.ì..........................................

20 01Angus King ...-............................................

------- Find/Change summary section ------------------

Records found: 20 Records processed: 40

Members w/recs: 1 Members wo/recs: 0

Search cols: 1:2 Longest line: 80

Note: This does not apply to the FIND command in Edit/Browse mode.

Restriction: You do not have the option of specifying a template and field reference

instead of the starting and ending columns.