SELECT

• The SELECT statement is used to select the specific members for a copy from input to output datasets.
• The SELECT statement specifies selected members to be altered, copied, loaded, or unloaded to an output data set.
• A SELECT statement cannot appear with an EXCLUDE statement in the same copy, unload, or load step.

Syntax -

//SYSIN     DD  *
  	[label] SELECT MEMBER=({name1|
           (name1,newname1[,R])|
           (name1,,R)}
           [,{name2|
           (name2,newname2[,R])|
           (name2,,R)}][,...])	
/*

• MEMBER=[(]name1[,...][)] - Specifies members on the input data set that should include while copying, unloading, or loading to the output data set.
• R - Specifies that the members to be copied or loaded from the input data set will replace any identically named members on the output PDS.
• newname1,... - newname1 specifies the new name of the name1 and newname2 specifies the new name of name2 and so on.

Practical Example -

Scenario - Copying member (COPY) from one PDS to another.

JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
***************************** Top of Data ******************************
//MATEPKS  JOB (123),'MTH',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),           
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID                                           
//***************************************************                   
//* SELECING MEMBER FROM INPUT PDS DURING COPY                          
//***************************************************                   
//STEP10   EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY                                             
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//SYSDUMP  DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//SYSUT1   DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.INPPDS,DISP=SHR                        
//SYSUT2   DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.OUTPDS,DISP=OLD                        
//SYSIN    DD *                                                         
     COPY INDD=SYSUT1,OUTDD=SYSUT2                                      
     SELECT MEMBER=FIRSTPRG                                             
/*                                                                      
**************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

Job Status -

Output -

Explaining Example -

• SYSUT1 DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.INPPDS - Specifies the input PDS.
• SYSUT2 DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.OUTPDS - Specifies the output PDS.
• COPYGRP INDD=SYSUT1,OUTDD=SYSUT2 - Copies members from SYSUT1 to SYSUT2.
• SELECT MEMBER=FIRSTPRG - Copies member FIRSTPRG from SYSUT1 to SYSUT2.