> How do you want to see the results? For instance, open the PDS using > ISPF/Edit or View and then type "SRCHFOR string" where string is what you > want to find, then hit ENTER. The resulting scan will place "*Found" in the > prompt column. Place your cursor on the Column header, "Prompt" and press > enter. This will bring all members to the "top" that contain the string. Go > to the last member which has "*Found" beside it and starting with the next > member, you have a list of members that do not contain the string.
... and if you need the list in machine readable format, use the SAVE ISPF command. This saves the list in your ISPF LIST dataset, in the order it is displayed. Unfortunately, the "Prompt" columns is not saved, so you have to remember the name of the first member not containing the string. As an alternative you could first create a new member with a name that will be guaranteed to be sorted at the top (e.g. $) and make sure it does *not* contain the string (an empty member wiil do). It will then, after the sort in Prompt order, be the one that starts the list of members w/o the string. -- Peter Hunkeler Credit Suisse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
