Finding Strings in a File using FIND command.

Finding String characters:

Following is the syntax for using FIND command

FIND string [NEXT] [CHARS]   [column­1 [column­2]]

   [PREV] [PREFIX]

   [FIRST] [SUFIX]

   [LAST ] [ WORD]

   [ALL]

We specify the columns to indicate which columns to search in.

Examples:  

FIND abc 5 --> Searches for the string abc starting at column 5

FIND abc 5 10 --> Searches for the string abc between column 5 and 10

FIND abc LAST --> Searches for the last occurrence of string abc

FIND abc FIRST --> Searches for the last occurrence of string abc

XX00       M0001.D00.TEST.JCL(TESTJCL1) - 03.09             CHARS 'DSN' found Command ===> find DSN LAST 1 15                               Scroll ===> CSR  ****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************

FIND CMN ALL --> Searches for all occurrences of string CMN.

FIND abc SUFFIX --> Searches for abc Suffix.