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Expanded Search Capabilities
MPE/iX has enhanced certain commands, such as LISTFILE, to support
pattern matching for HFS names as well as for traditional MPE names.
Table 3-1 shows examples of resolutions to various wildcard
combinations that use standard MPE syntax or HFS syntax. The examples in
the table are case sensitive.
Table 3-1. Examples of Wildcard Resolutions
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| Filename Specified | Pattern Matched |
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| @ | Zero or more occurrences of A-Z, 0-9. |
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| [ab] | One occurrence of A or B. |
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| [a-c] | One occurrence of A, B, or C. |
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| ./@ | Zero or more occurrences of: |
| | a-z |
| | A-Z |
| | 0-9 |
| | Dot (.) |
| | Underscore (_) |
| | Hyphen (-) |
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| ./[aB] | One occurrence of a or B. |
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| ./[a-c] | One occurrence of a, b, or c. |
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| ./@[-ac] | Name ending in -, a, or c. |
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The use of a trailing / at the end of a pathname or use of the TREE
option in commands such as LISTFILE and STORE provides another expanded
search tool. This option causes the command to recursively search all
directories at all levels under the last directory specified in the
pathname. For example, the following command lists all files at all
levels under the /SYS account:
LISTFILE /SYS/
You can further delimit your search by using the NAME parameter with the
LISTFILE command. The following example displays all files, groups, and
directories under the SYS account that begin with OFF:
LISTFILE /SYS/;NAME=OFF@
In addition, the following UDCs are provided to simplify searching for
files and directories within the hierarchical file system:
* The FINDDIR UDC finds a specified directory.
* The FINDFILE UDC finds a specified file.
Refer to Volume 1 of the MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90003)
for details on using the UDCs.