Hello David, You can use IBM supplied SRCHFOR in batch (or online).
eg. //SYDBHS14 JOB (ACCT#),'SEARCH SYSLOG', // CLASS=I, // MSGCLASS=W, // NOTIFY=SYDBH //SEARCH EXEC PGM=ISRSUPC, * // PARM=(SRCHCMP, // 'LONGLN NOPRTCC ANYC SDUPM') //NEWDD DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET1 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET2 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET3 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET4 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET5 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET6 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.DATASET7 //OUTDD DD SYSOUT=(W) //SYSIN DD * SRCHFOR 'whatamilokkingfor' /* The SDUPM parameter modifies the behaviour and searches duplicate member names in the PDS concatenation. regards Bruce Hewson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
