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The syntax of the forfiles statement is:
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forfiles logical_name=file_spec
[sortby=attribute-name[,ascending | descending]]
[msecs=yes | no]
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UDM commands
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end |
logical_name is the logical name of a transfer server.
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The file times that include a millisecond value are not available on all file systems and platforms that UDM supports. For any platform that cannot obtain a file time's millisecond value (for example, z/OS), UDM displays an error stating that the |
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Examples
To obtain a file list, sorted by creation date (earliest to latest):
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forfiles src=*.txt sortby=createdate
# Do some stuff
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Top obtain a file list, ordered by file size from largest to smallest:
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forfiles src=*.exe sortby=size,descending
# Do some more stuff
end |
An error would be produced if sortby was present without a value or if it referred to an attribute that does not exist for the _file variable.
To display modification times and timestamps for a list of files in the current directory with an extension of *.txt:
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forfiles src=*.txt fileattrib=yes msecs=yes
echo $(_file) ": " $(_file.modtime) ", " $(_file.modtimestamp)
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Detailed Information
The following pages provide detailed information for the Universal Data Mover forfiles statement:
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