Tech – Mainframe

The following table describes some of the most used ISPF commands that may come very handy when editing datasets or members the mainframe: Edit Primary Commands CHANGE string1 string2 Changes first occurrence of string1 with string2. CHANGE can also be used as C CHANGE ALL string1 string2 Changes all occurrences […]

Let’s imagine you have the following JCL and you need to change it to accommodate  your needs: //COMPRESS JOB (),’COMPRESS’,NOTIFY=&SYSUID,CLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1), // MSGCLASS=X //************************************************** //*  THIS IS AN EXAMPLE – THIS LINE WILL BE DELETED //************************************************** //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //INPUT DD DSNAME=SYS1.EXAMPLE.FILE,DISP=SHR //OUTPUT DD DSNAME=SYS1.EXAMPLE.FILE,DISP=SHR //SYSIN DD * […]

Sometimes we need to search for a string on a PDS and the PDS has several members. Instead of searching one by one, we can use the command SRCHFOR string. For example: SRCHFOR HELLO After the search is complete, we will see the indication “*Found” next to every member where […]