Guardian User's Guide

Managing Files With TACL
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Searching For Files With Related Names
(FILENAMES Command)
Searching For Files With Related Names (FILENAMES Command)
To get a list of all the file names that match a file-name string, use the FILENAMES
command and specify the string.
You can use wildcards in your FILENAMES command as described under Using
Wildcards on page 3-5.
To search all volumes and all subvolumes for files whose names begin with the word
“CLASS”:
It can take some time to check all possible volumes and subvolumes. To stop a
FILENAMES command and restore your TACL prompt, press the Break key.
To list every file named HANGUP in every subvolume on every disk volume in the
system:
To display all five-letter file names in the current subvolume that begin with the letters
SEC and end with the number 2:
The TACL program displays file names from the current (or default) subvolume because
a subvolume name was not included in the command.
Getting File Information (FILEINFO Command)
To list information about a file, include the file name in a FILEINFO command:
7> FILENAMES $*.*.CLASS*
$SAG.MEG
CLASSN
$CHANGE.SPUDS
CLASS CLASSES CLASSIC
8> FILENAMES $*.*.HANGUP
9> FILENAMES SEC?2
$HERST.STEIN
SEC12 SEC22
10> FILEINFO \MEL.$GERT.STEIN.BOOKS
\MEL.$GERT.STEIN
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