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LPDS Command

The LPDS command lists a card-image member of a partitioned data set (PDS) or a sequential data set. This command enables the user to review data in any PDS or sequential data set. Other commands are also available to review JCL or PARM statements.

Note: Any undisplayable hexadecimal characters in the member are shown as periods (.) in the output from the LPDS command.

This command has the following format:

LPDS,DSN=dsname[,MEM=member][,VOLSER=volume]
DSN

Defines the fully qualified data set name of either a sequential data set or the name of a PDS containing a member (MEM) to be listed.

Note: You can specify DSN=*INIT* as a special value to see the active initialization file (online member) that CA 7 is currently using. This value is helpful with troubleshooting.

Limits: 1 to 44 alphanumeric characters

MEM

Specifies that you want to list this member of a named PDS (DSN).

Limits: 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters

Required: Yes, if listing from a PDS

VOLSER

(Optional) Specifies the DASD volume on which the data set (DSN) resides. If VOLSER is omitted, the data set must be a cataloged data set.

More information:

General Inquiry Facility