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The Question is:
Dear Wizard,
I'm trying to search a large text file for a specified string using the DCL
command SEARCH/NUMBERS. The file consists of over 2 million records and it
seems not to be room for more than 6 characters when displaying the line
number. I get asterisks instea
d of line number.
Example
$ SEARCH/NUMBERS RSVDIVP.DAT;1 DATA_SLUT
****** #DATA_SLUT
Have I reached the max number of records in file allowed for this qualifier or
can I somehow set this value myself (or does it depend on something else)?
I am using an AlphaServer 1000A 5/400 and OpenVMS 7.1
Thank you
Per
The Answer is :
You have overflowed the display capabilities of the SEARCH/NUMBERS
command. There is unfortunately no way to increase the displayed
number width from the existing !6SL declaration -- a few of the DCL
commands dealing with larger numbers (eg: $ DIRECTORY/SIZE/WIDTH=SIZE=x)
do have mechanisms to increase the field widths, but this ability is
not [resently available on the SEARCH command.
You will need to use a different search tool, use searches of smaller
files, or contact the support center and formally request an OpenVMS
enhancement.
Of course, knowing the FAO string is "!6SL" means you could easily patch
the image to change the field width -- you will lose the space between
the number and the display of the record, and the specific location of
the string can vary by release. This patch is entirely unsupported, of
course -- the OpenVMS Wizard would encourage maintaining a seperate (and
unpatched, unmodified) copy of SEARCH in the standard system disk location.
$ search/numb big.dat zz
****** ZZ
$ patch/absolute search.exe
old: 00001064: 4C533621
new: 00001064: 4C533721
PATCH>update
%PATCH-I-WRTFIL, updating image file NET$WRITE:[FAL$SERVER]SEARCH.EXE;2
PATCH> Exit
$ define search defnet:search.exe
$ search/numb big.dat zz
1500001ZZ
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