On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:31, Frank Yaeger <yae...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Donald Russell on IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > wrote on 11/21/2011 10:16:26 AM: > > I have a tape dataset from which I need to extract all records that begin > > with a specific 2 byte prefix. The RECFM is VB or possibly U. > > > > Is there an IBM utility that lets me just select those given records? > > > > I thought IEBEDIT sounded like a good candidate, but that seems to deal > > with actual job streams.... then I thought of IEBGENR, but that doesn't > > appear to do what I want either. > > > > Surely I'm missing something, I'd think this is a very common task. > > > > For example, CMS/TSO PIPELINES > > PIPE < input | STRFIND /xx/ | > output > > If you want to select VB records that have XX in positions 5-6 (after the > RDW in positions 1-4), you can use a DFSORT job like the following: > > //S1 EXEC PGM=SORT > //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* > //SORTIN DD DSN=... input tape file (VB) > //SORTOUT DD DSN=... output file (VB) > //SYSIN DD * > OPTION COPY > INCLUDE COND=(5,2,CH,EQ,C'XX') > /* > > However, DFSORT cannot process RECFM=U data sets. > Thanks... That's perfect... Cheers, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
