LISTCAT Command
LISTCAT Command
The LISTCAT command lists the entries from master or user catalogs for the datasets or files. This information includes dataset attributes, volume information, and catalog entries.
Syntax -
LISTCAT ENTRY(‘entry-name’) or LISTCAT CATALOG('catname') LIBRARY('lib_name') FILE('dname') [Options]
Where -
- lib_name is the name of the PDS entry to be listed.
- Catname is the catalog name for the entry to be listed.
- dname is the file name where the entry to be listed.
- Options are the additional options to list the information.
Examples -
Scenario1 - List the catalog information.
LISTC CATALOG('CATALOG.Z147.MTH.MASTER')
OR
LISTC ENT('CATALOG.Z147.MTH.MASTER')
This would list the CATALOG.Z147.MTH.MASTER catalog information in the system.
Scenario2 - List the information of the datasets starts with MATEPK.TSO.*
LISTC ENT('MATEPK.TSO.*')
This would display a list of all datasets whose names start with "MATEPK.TSO".
Note! There are many options are available with ALLOCATE command and used when they needed.