Displaying Catalog Information - LISTCAT Command

The LISTCAT command lists the entries from master or user catalogs for the datasets or files. This information includes dataset attributes, volume information, and catalog entries.

Syntax -

LISTCAT   ENTRY(‘entry-name’)
or
LISTCAT CATALOG('catname')
          LIBRARY('lib_name')
          FILE('dname')
          [Options]

Where -

• lib_name is the name of the PDS entry to be listed.
• Catname is the catalog name for the entry to be listed.
• dname is the file name where the entry to be listed.
• Options are the additional options to list the information.

Examples -

Scenario1 - List the catalog information.

LISTC CATALOG('CATALOG.Z147.MTH.MASTER')
OR
LISTC ENT('CATALOG.Z147.MTH.MASTER')

This would list the CATALOG.Z147.MTH.MASTER catalog information in the system.

Scenario2 - List the information of the datasets starts with MATEPK.TSO.*

LISTC ENT('MATEPK.TSO.*')

This would display a list of all datasets whose names start with "MATEPK.TSO".