Re: Need to scan files

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

PDM search works on both source and data PFs. Not spooled files, AFAIK

There are some limits on file size. grep, in QSH, has fewer restrictions, I
believe.

At 03:13 PM 4/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > Find String Using PDM (FNDSTRPDM)
>
>Does that work on physical files?
>
>I had always thought that we needed different, although similar tools, to scan
>source files (PDM FIND)
>reports (F14 whatever F16)
>physical files (query SQL search functions usually one field at a time)
>
>Have I been jumping through unneccessary hoops to get things from one form to
>another so I can access another tool?
>
> > you can DSPPFM each file than scan them
>
>I like RUNQRY *N name of file with F4 *YES on bottom line so after seeing the
>general patterns of the data, I can F12 & play around with some selection
>criteria.
>
>I realize that this might be one of the reasons our system occasionally gets
>sluggish, especially if I encourage co-workers to be doing the same thing.
>
>MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
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