JCL Job for z/OS to execute SRCHFOR or LISTCAT for datasets - jobs

Question

I need to create a batch job for searching a data set list; I need to submit the job over FTP.
I am a complete newbie in JCL, so could anyone help me with an example job with SRCHFOR-command?
I need to also create a job for the IDCAMS utility command Listcat
I would be really thankful only for an example job.

Answer 1

Given you indicated you don't know where to start here is a sample job that will run the search in the first step and run IDCAMS to execute a Listcat in the second step.
This link has some useful information on SuperC.
Note: Your jobcard will need to be customized based on your installation's requirements. This job can be submitted via FTP and the subsequent output can be retrieved via FTP as well.
//SRCHCMP JOB (CCCCCCCC),'HOGSTROM',
// MSGLEVEL=(1,1),
// MSGCLASS=O,
// CLASS=A,
// NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//*
//SRCHFOR EXEC PGM=ISRSUPC,PARM=('SRCHCMP,ANYC')
//NEWDD DD DSN=USER1.TEST.CNTL,DISP=SHR
//OUTDD DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
SRCHFOR 'NEWDD'
/*
//*
//IDCAMS EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
LISTCAT ENTRY('USER1.TEST.CNTL') ALL
/*
//
Output from the first step will look like this:
ISRSUPC - MVS/PDF FILE/LINE/WORD/BYTE/SFOR COMPARE UTILITY- ISPF
FOR z/OS 2019/02/26 22.45 PAGE 1 LINE-#
SOURCE SECTION SRCH DSN: USER1.TEST.CNTL
SRCHFOR --------- STRING(S) FOUND
-------------------
8 //NEWDD DD DSN=USER1.TEST.CNTL,DISP=SHR
11 SRCHFOR 'NEWDD'
ISRSUPC - MVS/PDF FILE/LINE/WORD/BYTE/SFOR COMPARE UTILITY- ISPF
FOR z/OS 2019/02/26 22.45 PAGE 2
SEARCH-FOR SUMMARY SECTION SRCH DSN: USER1.TEST.CNTL
LINES-FOUND LINES-PROC MEMBERS-W/LNS MEMBERS-WO/LNS COMPARE-COLS
LONGEST-LINE
2 4436 1 41 1:80 80
PROCESS OPTIONS USED: ANYC
THE FOLLOWING PROCESS STATEMENTS (USING COLUMNS 1:72) WERE PROCESSED:
SRCHFOR 'NEWDD'
Output from the IDCAMS Listcat looks like this:
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES TIME: 22:45:34 02/26/19 PAGE 1
LISTCAT ENTRY('USER1.TEST.CNTL') ALL
NONVSAM ------- USER1.TEST.CNTL
IN-CAT --- CATALOG.T70502
HISTORY
DATASET-OWNER-----(NULL) CREATION--------2017.089
RELEASE----------------2 EXPIRATION------0000.000
ACCOUNT-INFO-----------------------------------(NULL)
SMSDATA
STORAGECLASS -----CLASS2 MANAGEMENTCLASS---(NULL)
DATACLASS --------(NULL) LBACKUP ---0000.000.0000
ENCRYPTIONDATA
DATA SET ENCRYPTION-----(NO)
VOLUMES
VOLSER------------T70502 DEVTYPE------X'3010200F' FSEQN------------------0
ASSOCIATIONS--------(NULL)
ATTRIBUTES
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES TIME: 22:45:34 02/26/19 PAGE 2
THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
AIX -------------------0
ALIAS -----------------0
CLUSTER ---------------0
DATA ------------------0
GDG -------------------0
INDEX -----------------0
NONVSAM ---------------1
PAGESPACE -------------0
PATH ------------------0
SPACE -----------------0
USERCATALOG -----------0
TAPELIBRARY -----------0
TAPEVOLUME ------------0
TOTAL -----------------1
THE NUMBER OF PROTECTED ENTRIES SUPPRESSED WAS 0
IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 0
IDC0002I IDCAMS PROCESSING COMPLETE. MAXIMUM CONDITION CODE WAS 0
Here is a reference to the SuperC utility

Answer 2

Another approach, if you are more familiar with the Unix side of the house, would be to consider doing these things via USS or TSO. For USS (Unix System Services), check out my blog:
https://makingdeveloperslivesbetter.wordpress.com/2019/01/06/mvs-utilities-an-almost-real-world-example/
If nothing else, reading the code for the various utilities (they are mostly just shell scripts) will help you map from Unix concepts to z/OS (MVS) concepts.