RDF System Management Manual for H-Series RVUs (RDF 1.8)

Table 4-4 RDFSCAN Commands
FunctionObjectCommand
Specifies the record number at which
to begin the next RDFSCAN function.
[ record-number ]
AT
Enables or disables the display of
record numbers for the lines listed.
[ ON | OFF ]DISPLAY
Terminates an RDFSCAN session.- -EXIT
Opens the specified file as the current
EMS log.
log-file
FILE
Displays help text for commands and
RDFSCAN usage.
[ ALL ] [ command ] [ INTRO ]
HELP
Beginning at the current record,
examines subsequent messages in the
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.
number
LIST
Copies any log messages subsequently
displayed on the screen by LIST
commands to the specified file.
log-file
LOG
Defines the current match pattern.
text
MATCH
Turns off the LOG command.- -NOLOG
Beginning at the current record,
examines the specified number of
messages in the message file, and
displays messages that contain the
current match pattern.
number
SCAN
The complete syntax for all RDFSCAN commands appears in Chapter 9 (page 245).
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.
Running RDFSCAN 111