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Using an * to get a list z/OS TSO/E Primer SA32-0984-00 |
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Notice the * at the beginning of each of the input fields on the previous panel. You can think of the word all when you see * in a field, because all possible entries are listed. Don't press the Enter key now, but if you did, you would see a full list of every name in your installation's names directory. You can restrict a list of items by typing information over
the *. If you enter the name Marvin in the FIRST OR NICKNAME field
and leave * in all other fields, you see a panel with a list of people
in the directory named Marvin. For example, you might see:
Another way to restrict the list is to type partial information in
a field followed by *. If you typed s* in the LAST NAME field
and mar* in the FIRST OR NICKNAME field and left * in all other
fields, you would see a panel with a list of people whose first name
begins with ‘mar’ and whose last name begins with ‘s’.
In some cases, when you type a word in a field that accepts * and
you don't add *, the system adds it. For example if you type green in
the LAST NAME field, the system automatically adds * at the end.
As a result, you might see a list with last names:
The panel you see after entering the letter G is
a list panel and might look something like the following:
List panels display a number of items with action fields, in this case, a single underscore to the left of each item. The action codes you can type in those fields, such as V (to view the directory entry) and M (to modify it), are given in the directions on the panel. |
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