Dump Viewer Commands › FIND

FIND

Locates:

• A data string in dump storage from a DUMP display
• A text string in any other display

Abbreviation

F

Syntax

From a DUMP display:

FIND data start-address {length}

From any other display:

FIND string {PREV}

Where:

data

Specifies the EBCDIC or hexadecimal data to be located. Specify hexadecimal data as an even number of digits enclosed by x’ ‘.

start-address

Specifies the storage address where the search must begin.

Note: For more information about address specification, see the description of the DUMP command in this appendix.

length

Specifies the length, as a hexadecimal value, of storage to be searched. If not specified, a default length of 10000 bytes is searched.

string

Specifies any group of letters or numbers up to 31 characters long. If string contains a blank, you must enclose string in apostrophes. If string contains an apostrophe (‘), you must enclose string in quotation marks (“).

PREV

Locates the previous occurrence of string.

Examples:

• FIND X’47F0’ * 1000
• FIND COPYRIGHT 2CB00