EFind command syntax

Syntax

Use the ISPF command you have set up with the following syntax:

1 EFindstring? 
2.1 ddname   /reference_member ?  DIR DRILL RESULT PARMLIB PROCLIB ASIS SKIP LIST FIRST

string

Is your search string. The search strings supported are those supported by the FCH function. So you can specify the string value in the form: X'hhhh' or C'ccccc' or P'pppp' , and so on.

You can also specify more than one string using Boolean operators. Examples:

string1 | string2 | string3

string1 & string2 & string3

prefix, suffix and word – keywords defining how the search string will be matched are also supported.

ddname

This refers to a ddname that has been allocated to your TSO/ISPF session. You can specify one or more ddnames.

For example, EFind ISPEXEC SYSPROC SYSEXEC will search SYSPROC and SYSEXEC DDs for the string ISPEXEC.

DIR

Search restricted to directory names only, so only PDS and HFS directories will be searched.

DRILL

When searching HFS directories process all subdirectories. When searching version 2 PDSEs, process all member generations.

Note: Use this option with caution because it might result in a long search.

RESULT

Search restricted to the data sets and members or path names that matched the string on the previous search.

PARMLIB

Searches the current PARMLIB data sets for the string.

/reference_member

Searches the data sets specified in:

reference_dataset_name(reference_member) for the specified string. For more information about reference_dataset_name, see Reference data set.

PROCLIB

Searches the current system proclib data sets for the string.

Restriction: This parameter is available for JES2 SDSF users only.

ASIS

If the input data set is ISPF packed, it is unpacked before any processing.

SKIP

If the input data is ISPF packed, no processing occurs.

LIST

Produces an intermediate member hit selection list with sortable columns. The search is limited to local partitioned data sets excluding load libraries.

FIRST

Limits the search to the first occurrence of a member if more than one partitioned data set is being processed.