Date:         Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:01:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Hines <mshines@PURDUE.EDU>
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From:         Michael Hines <mshines@PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: (MVS) Slightly Off-Topic Question
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Michael Raithel:
 
At your DOS prompt, type FIND /? - it will give you instructions for using
the Windows FIND command - part of the OS.
 
You can also get a program called "grep" (ala UNIX) from many sources (as
freeware) which will search files for text strings (actually is will search
using UNIX 'regular expressions').  To find a copy just use Dogpile
(http://www.dogpile.com) and run a search for 'grep' - you should find
several sources.
 
If you have access to UNIX, you can read the on-line manual about it with a
'man grep' command.
 
 
 
At 12:41 PM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>     Dear SAS-L-ers,
>
>     I am in need of some advice on a product that will search
>     for keywords within files in a PC directory.  Here is the
>     scenario:
>
>     I have downloaded an MVS Partitioned Data Set (PDS) full of
>     SAS programs to the desktop and stored them as objects in a
>     PC folder in the form:  abcdefgh.TXT.  I will convert many
>     of them over to PC SAS programs (abcdefg.sas) as I see fit,
>     based on my needs.
>
>     On MVS, when I need to find something in particular, say
>     how I've employed the PEEK function, I would use the ISPF
>     "Search-For Utility" to search the Partitioned Data Set
>     (PDS) directory and return all programs in which "PEEK" is
>     found.  I then copy the program of my choice and... go on
>     from there...
>
>     Is there a nifty product in the PC world (Windows 95 and/or
>     Windows/NT) that is like the mainframe "Search-For
>     Utility"?  I would appreciate any and all advice.  Thank
>     you.
>
>     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>     Michael A. Raithel
>     "The man who wrote the book on performance" E-mail:
>     maraithel@erols.com
>     Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment
>     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>     ...everywhere you go you see them searching, everywhere you
>     go you feel their pain, everyone is looking for an answer,
>     well look again... -- Moody Blues
>     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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