Search for a string in PDS using DFSORT

murmohk1 · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:52 am

Hi,

I tried searching for a string in PDS (just like ISPF SEARCH option). I provided SORTIN as follows -

//SORTIN DD DSN=MYPDS.NAME,DISP=SHR

and

//SORTIN DD DSN=MYPDS.NAME(*),DISP=SHR

I was getting error in SORTIN statement. Sort card was correct (used 'SS').

Can anyone help me in solving this.

Regards,
Murali

superk · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:21 pm

You need to specify the member name, i.e.:

//SORTIN DD DSN=MYPDS.NAME(MEMBER),DISP=SHR

murmohk1 · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:52 am

Thanks SuperK for the reply.

But my requirement is to search in all the members (entire PDS), not a particular member (Just like ISPF search option - 3.14).

I hope my requirement is clear.

Regards,
Murali Mohan K

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:40 pm

DFSORT can only operate on one member at a time. To search all the members, you would have to specify each one separately. You could do that in one step using ICETOOL with multiple COPY operators, each of which would specify one member.

bobvilch · New User Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3

You did not state what you wanted to do to the members once you executed your sort. Here is a way to find values in all the members of a pds.
If your site has a tool (ie File Master or File Aid) you can enter the values you are searching for and enter the same value for the change (incase you accidentally update). Continuing should display a screen of the values that meet your change after the all members in the pds have been processed.

MFRASHEED · Active User Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 186 Location: USA

You can also try ISRSUPC to search for a string in all members of a PDS.