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FIND Command Without the Column Keyword

Use the OPSLOG Browse FIND command to locate character strings in event text. The OPSLOG Browse FIND command works very much like the ISPF/PDF FIND command.

This command has the following format:

FIND  {string|*}
  [FIRST|LAST|NEXT|PREV]
  [startcol|startcol endcol]
  [evtnum]

string

Indicates the character string you want to find. Under either of these circumstances, enclose the string in single quotes:

• The value of the string keyword contains embedded blanks.
• The value of the string keyword is numeric, and you specify other keywords along with the string keyword. This is particularly important when you specify values for startcol, endcol, or both along with a numeric value for string.

*

Indicates that OPSLOG Browse should use the search string you specified on the previous FIND command.

FIRST

(Optional) Tells CA OPS/MVS to find the first occurrence of the string.

LAST

(Optional) Tells CA OPS/MVS to find the last occurrence of the string.

NEXT

(Optional) Tells CA OPS/MVS to search forward.

PREV

(Optional) Tells CA OPS/MVS to search backward.

startcol

(Optional) Indicates the column number at which CA OPS/MVS should begin its search for the string. CA OPS/MVS will not scan any columns that appear before this column. If you specify a value for endcol, you must also specify a value for startcol.

endcol

(Optional) Indicates the column number at which CA OPS/MVS should end its search for the string. CA OPS/MVS will not scan any columns that appear after this column. The endcol keyword is optional.

evtnum

(Optional) Indicates the number of events you want CA OPS/MVS to scan before it abandons its search. You may want to specify a high value for evtnum if you cannot narrow down the search by time range. The default maximum value for evtnum is 5000, because of the huge number of events most OPSLOG users keep online.