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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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