On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:42:07 +0000, Jim McAlpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any way to achieve the above ie to search for 'abc*xyx' where * can >be any length in all members of a pds. > >Jim McAlpine > I know of a way, but only __IF__ you have installed the GNU "grep" program from the IBM site: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1ty1.html I use DTLSPAWN from Dovetailed Technologies, but you could use BPXBATCH to run it as well. I installed GNU grep in /usr/local/bin. The JCL I use is: //EX1 EXEC DTLSPAWN //STDIN DD * set -x /usr/local/bin/egrep -r "abc.*xyz" \ "//'DCHPN.ENDEVOR.PROD.SRCLIB'" // The ".*" says to match any number (0+) of arbitrary characters. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
