Find command in the mainframe environment is almost all the people used daily. Without this command, there is no work on a mainframe. Because this is such a powerful ISPF search command.
ISPF Find command and its options
Find XXXX ==> This is the syntax known by many mainframe guys ( F XXXX).
There are some other FIND commands:
When searching for , if any character is present then, we should give the below command.
F P’=’ ->any character
When searching for, if any non-displayable character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’.’ ->non-displayable characters
When searching for , if any alphabetic character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’@’ ->alphabetic characters
When searching for , if any non-numeric character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’-‘ ->non-numeric characters
When searching for , if any numeric is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’#’ -> numeric characters
When searching for , if any lower-case alphabetic character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P'<‘ -> lower case alphabetic
When searching for , if any special character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’$’ -> special characters
When searching for , if any upper-case alphabetic character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’>’ ->upper case alphabetic
When searching for , if any non blank character is present, then, we should give the below command.
F P’¬’ ->non-blank characters
Some more updated recently:
If we want to search it in between to cols:
F C’MAT’ 25 35
So, the string contains MAT in between 25 and 35 will be searched.
F ALL ‘CHAR’; X ALL
This command displays only lines where CHAR presents. Rest all lines will be excluded.
If we want to see the lines:
Just enter ‘S10’ in line command, then, 10 lines will be displayed.
Srinimf 
2 responses
Aren’t you missing the “P” (for PICTURE)?
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Thank Ofer. I’m sorry. I missed it. Now I updated. Thanks for reading my blog.
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