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$DSCALL OPT=PRINT

Prints one or more records from a data set.

&CONTROL SHRVARS=($DS)
EXEC $DSCALL OPT=PRINT DD=DD_name 
           [ MEMBER=member_name ]
             DATA={ }
           [ LIMIT=number ]
           [ TRUNCATE=number ]

Use this option to print the records in a member of a data set.

Operands:

• OPT=PRINT

  Specifies that a print action is to be performed.

• DD=DD_name

  Specifies the ddname of the data set to be opened for printing.

• MEMBER=member_name

  Specifies the member name. If the DD operand is used to identify a concatenated data set, the member is obtained from the first data set that it exists in.

• DATA={ }

  Specifies the records to be printed.

• LIMIT=number

  Specifies the maximum number of records to be printed in the file. This operand is only applicable if DATA=* is specified.

• TRUNCATE=number

  Specifies the length to which the records printed from the file are truncated. The value of the TRUNCATE operand must be in the range 1 to 32,760.