On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:36:25 +0000, Jim McAlpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> >> 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 Dude! z/OS UNIX is NATIVE! <grin> -- 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
