RDF System Management Manual for J-series and H-series RVUs (RDF Update 13)

Table 8 RDFSCAN Commands (continued)
FunctionObjectCommand
Beginning at the current record,
examines subsequent messages in the
numberLIST
message file and displays those that
contain the current match pattern. The
operation terminates when the specified
number of matches has been found or
the last record is encountered,
whichever happens first.
Copies any log messages subsequently
displayed on the screen by LIST
commands to the specified file.
log-fileLOG
Defines the current match pattern.textMATCH
Turns off the LOG command.- -NOLOG
Beginning at the current record,
examines the specified number of
numberSCAN
messages in the message file, and
displays messages that contain the
current match pattern.
The complete syntax for all RDFSCAN commands appears in Chapter 9 (page 254).
You can abbreviate the command name by entering only the first character (such as L for List) or
any number of the leading characters (such as DIS for Display). You can use either uppercase or
lowercase letters.
Requesting Online Help
Through the RDFSCAN HELP command, you can request brief descriptions of:
• Command syntax (including the syntax for the HELP command itself)
• Introductory information on using the RDFSCAN utility
Help for Command Syntax
To obtain syntax information for an individual command, enter HELP followed by the command
name. As an example, to display information for the LIST command, enter HELP LIST after the
prompt:
Enter the RDFscan function you want: HELP LIST
In response, RDFSCAN displays the following:
LIST count
List will display count records from the current-record
pointer (set with AT.) If a pattern match has been selected with Match,
then only those records that match will be displayed. count
specifies how many records will be displayed, even if many more must be read.
Scan will only read count no matter how many are displayed.
FILE: \WHICH.$SYSTEM.RDF.RDFLOG, current record: 37501, last record: 37513
Enter the next RDFscan function you want:
To obtain a list of all RDFSCAN commands, enter either HELP or HELP ALL. For example:
Enter the next RDFscan function you want: HELP ALL
In response, RDFSCAN displays:
Enter HELP INTRO for an introduction to RDFSCAN.
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