Best to use "grep" along with "find" for this kind of thing.
See: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm On Feb 12, 2008 7:38 AM, Todd Burrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > I have a user that is using the GREP command in Unix. Apparently he is > searching through an anourmous list of files, and he is exceeding the ARG_MAX > value for grep. Is there a way on the mainframe to raise this value? I have > looked through the manuals and I don't see any way to change this, but I > might have missed something. > Thanks > Todd Burrell > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

