I have used REXX to do this. One flavour uses IDCAMS REPRO, the other uses
EXECIO.

It builds the member list from a LISTDS MEMBERS.

It adds ./ADD IEBUPDTE statements to the flat file in order to move to
other systems. It's a readable option compared to using XMIT on a PDS>



On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:05 AM Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Personally I would use REXX and LM functions to read through PDS members
> and
> action them.
>
> I did that when I needed to update all Members in a PDS to insert some
> additional control cards
>
> REXX with ISPF LM (Library Management) functions work very well for this.
>
> Lizette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf
> Of
> Sri h Kolusu
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 3:08 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Sort extracting values in PDS members
>
> ITschak,
>
> I already responded to this topic. Not sure where it went, but I did
> respond
> before your email. You can use IEPTPCH to flatten the PDS to a sequential
> file. If you use STOPAFT=5 then it will only print the 5 lines of the PDS.
> So don't have to use SUPERC
>
> Thanks,
>  Kolusu
> DFSORT Development
> IBM Corporation
>
> IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on
> 05/27/2020 02:50:28 PM:
>
> > From: ITschak Mugzach <imugz...@gmail.com>
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Date: 05/27/2020 02:51 PM
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Sort extracting values in PDS members Sent by:
> > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
> >
> > I would start with creating a single file using a ISRSUPC (it works
> outside
> > of ISPF, try opt 3.14 background option to generate the JCL) searching
> for
> > the two keywords you are looking for.
> >
> > ITschak
> > ITschak Mugzach
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> >
> > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:41 PM Billy Ashton <bill00ash...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi again! This group has been so helpful - especially Kolusu - and I
> > > have one more question as I learn how to use SORT more creatively.
> > >
> > > I have a bunch of PDS files where I have to read through each member
> and
> > > create some control cards based on the content in the member (due to
> the
> > > nature of these files, the request needs to be vague). So here are
> > > the
> > > questions:
> > > 1. Is there a way to automatically read all members of a PDS? If
> > > not, I can generate the individual file names with member in a
> > > separate process.
> > > 2. When I read each member, I will be looking for KEYWORD(value) -
> > > the keyword will be either "KEYWORD1" or "LONGKEYWORD2" and will be
> > > within the first 5 lines of the member, at which point I stop
> > > reading (some of the members have 25000 lines!), and the Keyword
> > > could be anywhere on
> the
> > > line, in column 1 or with a space delimiter. Keyword can be 8 or 12
> > > characters long, and Value can be 2 to 8 characters.
> > > 3. I then need to create a string of -ADD- Value.Keyword.Dyyyymmdd
> > > (Today's date) that I will use in my further processing.
> > >
> > > Note that I could write a program to manage this, but am trying to
> > > keep the processing in a control member rather than a program, as
> > > utility programs seem to get lost around here.
> > >
> > > Since I can't show you the real input, here is some contrived data:
> > >
> > > Member1:
> > > KEYWORD1(val) Otherkw(val) Otherkey2(anothervalue)
> > > Line2
> > > Line3
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > Member 2:
> > > Line 1
> > > Line 2
> > > Otherkw(val) Otherkw2(val) LONGKEYWORD2(longvalu) Otherkw3(val) etc.
> > >
> > > Member 3:
> > > Line 1
> > > Otherkw1(withitslongvalue) LONGKEYWORD2(valu) Line 3 etc.
> > >
> > > Member 4:
> > > Line 1
> > > Line 2
> > > Line 3
> > > Line4
> > > KW(val) Anotherkw(anditsvalue) Alongkeywordhere(withalongvalue)
> > > KEYWORD1(va)
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > This would create the output (either in a single MOD file, or
> > > separate files I can put together myself:
> > > VAL.KEYWORD1.D20200527
> > > LONGVALU.LONGKEYWORD2.D20200527
> > > VALU.LONGKEYWORD2.D20200527
> > > VA.KEYWORD1.D20200527
> > >
> > > Can something like this be done in a DFSORT step? If not, I can
> > > write the various utilities myself in Rexx and/or COBOL, so you
> > > don't need to suggest that.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help once more!
> > > Billy
> > >
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