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Guidelines for Issuing the FIND Command Without the Column Keyword

Use these guidelines when you issue the FIND command:

• If the value you specify for string contains quotes, use two single quotes to indicate each single quote inside the string. Suppose you issue this FIND command:

  FIND 'the ''quoted'' string'
  

• As a result, CA OPS/MVS searches for this string:

  the 'quoted' string
  

• If you prefer, you may use double quotes to delimit strings, as in:

  FIND "the 'quoted' string"
  

• You may use the same FIND command repeatedly without re-entering it. To do this, enter the RFIND command. Do not specify any keywords for the RFIND command. It will repeat the action you specified on the last FIND command you issued.

Example: FIND Command

Suppose you want to find this string: OPS1234W XYZ. You want CA OPS/MVS to begin searching for the string in column 5 and to end the search at the last column of event text. You want CA OPS/MVS to search 10,000 events before abandoning the search. To perform the search, issue this command:

FIND 'OPS1234W XYZ' 5 10000

You do not have to specify a value for endcol because CA OPS/MVS assumes that any number greater than 256 that you specify on the FIND command is the value for the evtnum keyword.

More information:

Guidelines for Using Any Form of the FIND Command