Paul, DFSORT does indeed support "^" and "&" for the begin and end.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=statement-regular-expressions If scroll down a bit in the above link, we do the examples. ^ibm Matches records beginning with "ibm" ibm$ Matches records ending with "ibm" ^ibm$ Matches records with exactly "ibm" I know you are detail-attentive, so I would add it to the next pub refresh, but it only goes into 3.1 (may be V2R5 but not sure). ^ The caret symbol matches the beginning the string. $ The dollar symbol matches the end of the string. Would that work? Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2024 7:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Regular Expressions: DFSORT, ISPF: "$","^" The description of regular expressions for DFSORT: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=statement-regular-expressions> mentions "$" to match the end of a string, but not "^" to match the beginning. The description of regular expressions for ISPF: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=string-regular-expressions-string1> mentions neither "^" nor "$". Are these omissions intentional? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
