On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > > Thanks for that but I was hoping for a native MVS solution. I've decided that for the majority of my requirement the wildcard value can be fixed length. Does that make it easier. Jim McAlpine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
